Altogether Lovely

How do you measure lovely?  Oh, we understand lovely: we travel to places to enjoy

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lovely sunsets-beaches-quietness, and we spend tremendous time-money-effort

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lovely appearance.  There's nothing inherently wrong with those things, but there is a

​genuine

measure of what is lovely. Of the Savior
  Solomon writes, "His mouth is most sweet, and He is altogether desirable." (Song of Solomon 5:16). The Hebrew word "desirable" means precious and valuable, a treasure and a delight

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​- yes, lovely. I fear [as Christians] we fail to comprehend the exceeding beauty of our Savior; we overlook the

Supreme

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Loveliness of the Beloved One.  Perhaps man's insatiable desire for beauty is actually the deep yearning of the soul for The Beautiful One, placed there by God Himself.  

​Perhaps this

explain the psalmist's longing for God's Presence all the days of his life, "to behold the beauty of the Lord." (27:4)

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  Jesus is the perfect measure (standard) by which all others are

​referred to as

lovely.  What are your own

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lovely thoughts

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of Christ?

​ Truly, there's none other so lovely as He - He is altogether lovely!​

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