Making Wedding Plans

So the Gilliam household has been preparing for a wedding over the last several months.  Charity's wedding is next month and it seems like the crunch is on now.  So during my quiet time this morning, God led me to a passage in Revelation that made me think about all the time and preparation it takes for a bride to pull off her "perfect" wedding.  

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!  For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready...Revelation 19:7. 

The key words in this verse that grabbed my attention: made herself ready. 

You see, we are all (men and women alike), the bride of Christ.  Now that may wig some men out but don't let it...it isn't exclusively a female thing in the Bible...it is "the other part" to the unity with a spouse here except we are finally unified with Christ. 

So my thoughts went like this: women work tirelessly making plans and calls for the perfect ceremony; picking out their dress and flowers and food and all the other details.  They may take more than a year to plan and work toward their big day.  But what are WE doing to prepare for "our big day" with Christ?  What plans have we made or are there changes we need to make today in order to be ready to "traipse down the aisle" to meet Christ?  Do we get as giddy about the plans we make with Him as we do/did our own ceremonies?  

I'm in no way trying to thwart a girls "big day", I'm just trying to put it into perspective for myself.  I love the excitement of a wedding and the love you feel in the air at the ceremony and you know what, I feel the same way about Christ!!!

Until next time...