[Manna - March 4]
Whatsoever things are pure, lovely, and of good report,...think on these things. Philippians 4:8
WE are to love and cultivate that which is pure to
such an extent that that which is impure will become
painful to us, distressing, and we will desire to drop it
from memory, and this will only be accomplished by
continually thinking upon those things that are pure,
and avoiding the giving of thought to the things that
are impure.
We are to recognize true loveliness, and
to esteem it.
When we would think on the purest of
things we must of necessity lift our mental vision to
as high a point as possible, and, as nearly as we may
be able, discern the loveliness of the perfect character
of our God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, and proportionately
the loveliness manifested in one or another
of the followers of Jesus, who walk closely in His
footsteps. Z.'03-9 R3129:3