Just thinking...

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil. 4:8

The other morning I was reading the lessons from the 1928 Lectionary. The first lesson was Exodus 28. A couple of verses spoke to me:

And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. Exodus 28:2-3

I love that God wanted the garments made "for glory and for beauty" and they were to be made by those God had "filled with a spirit of skill." God delights in beauty and I believe that beautiful things glorify God.

This got me thinking about Laura Ingalls Wilder. I love how she wrote about the prairie and her family. Her family went through very hard times, but she either chose to omit those experiences from her writings or she focused on how they overcame through those hard times. I'm sure that Ma and Pa were irritable and cross at times, as all parents are, but Laura focused on honoring her parents, remembering only what was pure and lovely and commendable. By choosing to focus on those things, they are the things that are lasting...what she and her family are remembered for.

That thought led me to think about "reality" TV shows. Those shows focus on our sinful natures. They bring to light all the rude, crude, and sinful thoughts, words, and deeds of the participants. Yet what is ironic is that this old sinful world is passing away. Only those things that glorify God will last unto eternity. So it seems to me, those things created "for glory and for beauty" are the true "reality."

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