Category Archives: lovely

…a storyteller

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a storyteller. (John 20:31) Read them eat them drink them. Watch them hold them dream them. Hate them love them breathe them. Birth them live them die them. Enough has been said about why stories matter […]

…a bookophile

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a bookophile. (Proverbs 25:2) Bookophile isn’t a word but it’s most definitely a thing. If you are one then you know what it is and why you are until someone asks you to explain. Then words […]

…a forgiver

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a forgiver. (Matthew 5:7) It’s not what you’ve been given, it’s what you do with what you’ve got. Did you know the power to grant eternal pardons lives in you? I know, crazy. Bunch of folks […]

…a waiter

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a waiter. (Micah 7:7) They say man is the initiate, or should be. They started reading in the second chapter, I guess. Ruth waits the night on the floor.Rachel weights water at the well. The noblewoman […]

…a steadiness

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a steadiness. (Romans 5:3-5) Rocks are steady things. Steel does steady things. Passive strength. Adjective.Active strength. Verb. The brightest buildings, the ones that really ladder to the sky, steel. Strong enough to stand with the sun. […]

…a curious one

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a curious one. (Psalm 40:4-5) She has patience for puzzles. She ponders and plies; the wait she doesn’t mind, even to the end of time. “Oh but we can clear that up for you. Just sign […]

…a magi

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a magi. (Philippians 4:8) The kingdom of your mind is a frighteningly real place. You might not believe it. In the kingdom of your mind there are many powers that be.Hoofed dragons and winged pigs and […]

…a servant leader

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a servant leader. (John 13:15) Leadership theory has more books than the Library of Congress. Even more than that are speeches and teachings on the matter. If it was all written down the whole world itself […]

…a warrior

See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a warrior. (Proverbs 4:23) You’ve heard you don’t have to believe everything you hear. I’ll tell you you don’t have to believe everything you see. Your heart has eyes and ears. The gates to your innermost. […]

…a creator

“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a creator. (Proverbs 25:11) Do you see the glowing words she wields?  There, see the shower of sparks from the swords she swings?  It is power. Spread like the glass sea never […]

…a hope hustler

“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a hope hustler.  (Job 13:15) Knows fragile. Knows fierce.  Hustles to the Well first thing.  Hustles hope to her heart, and so mine.  And I am so proud of her.  Lovely… a […]

…a believer

“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a believer.  (Matthew 11:25) “Does something have to be true for you to believe in it?” “Are there things just plain worth believing in, in the end?” Some folks will tell you about […]

…a wonderer

“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a wonderer.  (Psalm 139:14) The smartest person is full of answers. The wisest person is full of wonders.  It’s a wonderful thing to wonder and why, to question and query and wrestle and […]

…a rock

“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a rock, and resting on The Rock. (Psalm 18) Modest and tough. A true spring of life in her innermost being. Steady. She believes (sees with her heart) God is good. She […]

…a gracious banquet guest

“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a gracious banquet guest. (Colossians 3:12) How much does she bring to the table? She has the moral fiber of a dark leaf lettuce salad, the grit and wisdom of a dry-aged, […]

…a daughter of the King

“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a daughter of the King. (Ephesians 4:24) You’d expect a princess such as she to be equally capable and confident, even comfortable in scenarios as far flung as these… For tea with […]

…a Lover of God

“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a lover of God, above all. (1 John 4:19) Love for God is in the marrow of her bones.  Did you know clean blood for your heart comes from your bones?  Her […]

What is Lovely to me? (part two)

(have you read Part One? click if you want to start at the beginning…) — Almost mythical, man has given Her (his other side) many names, through the ages. Anima is one name, particularly helpful. Originating from Latin, anima relates to ideas like soul, spirit, breath, essence, vital force, the source of man’s courage, creativity, […]