“How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.”  Psalm 84:1-2

‘How lovely’
Webster’s Dictionary defines lovely as: ‘exquisitely beautiful; having a beauty that appeals to the heart or mind as well as to the eye; highly pleasing.’
The Greek word for lovely is: prosphiles (pro, toward, phileo, to love).

The people of God love His house.  In the Psalms we see the following that tell so!
“O LORD I love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your glory dwells.”  Psalm 26:8

“For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.”  Psalm 84:10

“I was glad when they said to me
‘Let us go to the house of the LORD!”  Psalm 122:1

There we find blessing:
“Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, ever singing Your praise!  Psalm 84:4

There is that spiritual longing to dwell in God’s house for to dwell there is to dwell in His presence!
“O God, You are my God; I earnestly seek You;
My soul thirsts for You; my flesh faints for You…”  Psalm 63:1

“Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.”  Psalm 73:25

“I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land.  Selah  Psalm 143:6

Let us continually hunger and thirst, for in the living God do we find satisfaction.
“For He satisfies the longing soul and the hungry soul He fills with good things.”  Psalm 107:9

Isaiah 58:11 tells us:
“And the LORD will guide you continually
And satisfy your desire in scorched places
And make your bones strong;
And you shall be like a watered garden,
Like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.”

As with the Psalmist, we can say,
“My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”  Psalm 73:26
And:
“Because Your steadfast love is better than life; 
My lips will praise You.
So I will bless You as long as I live.
In Your name I will lift up my hands…
And my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.”  Psalm 63:3-5

Hallelujah!  We are His and He is ours!  Amen