Loveliness So, a while ago I started memorizing Scripture. Not for a truly spiritual reason, but because I’m over fifty and can’t remember jack. But God’s Word has a way of getting to you, drawing you closer to Him, and making you able to hear His voice. I was hoping it would help me retain my cognitive skills that my kids keep reminding me I seem to be losing. Instead it gives me comfort and peace – I’ll take it! One of the first psalms I memorized was Psalm 84: How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. The bird also has found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young. Even Your alters, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion! Passing t