![Musings from the High Desert show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/044/187/small/musings-from-the-high-desert.jpg)
Summary: In this passage Paul combines two aspects of his life, his mystical experience and his visible physical impairment. In a culture so focused on ideal exemplars of the human body as was Greco-Roman culture, Paul's appearance no doubt caused consternation. How could someone so physically unappealing be a "favorite of the gods?" Listen in. (II Corinthians 11:31-12:9)