Lovely Things

The world would consider our lovely thoughts absurd. They may never see the loveliness in them. We consider the death of our brothers and sisters in Christ as lovely, because God does. (Psalms 116:15) We can see the loveliness in it. The lovely part of it is they are no longer fighting this war and await their reward. We can also think of the good life and good deeds they had. (I Samuel 1:26) Paul, like we should also, had lovely thoughts of the brethren that partook in the grace of God. Paul had them in his heart. (Phil. 1:7) There is nothing lovelier than thinking on the partakers of the grace of God. We can think of things like someone being a true servant of the Lord. (Romans 16:1-2) Worshiping God is a lovely thought. (Psalms 122:1) The life, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ on our behalf is a lovely thought we get to bask in every Lord’s day. (I Cor. 11:24-26)