whatever is lovely

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

Over the weekend, Jamie had Matthew make me a card with Matthew's hands drawn on it, but he enclosed the hands down to a point, making Matthew's hand prints form a heart. This card alone would have been (and is) lovely.

Yesterday, Jamie came home with a dozen roses, a starbucks yummy, and a box of my weakness--donuts; any of these alone would have been lovely...

Tonight, my children are away, I'm all pretty and waiting for Mr. Wonderful to take me to dinner and a concert at the Fox. As you can imagine, this alone would have been lovely.

I have found myself thinking all day today about how lovely things are right now. I'm tired beyond tired and more tired and really tired and flat exhausted all the time, the house is upside down more than right side up, dinners are hit and miss lately, I'm in my pj's a lot lately, we're potty training Matthew and Mark is teething--tension is high lately... But my husband has been making my life lovely.

I'm so blessed by him.

I'm so in love with him.

I am so grateful for his love and devotion.

I'm so amazed by his compassion and kindness towards me.

I love being his.

So, I'll leave you with this verse again... and ask you what you can meditate on that's lovely in your life these days?

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.