Our purpose is to glorify God. We employ many strategies to accomplish this end. For this week's installment of my Messages About Purpose and Strategy, I'll point your attention to Rev. 19:6-9, where we get a peek into heaven to hear the praise God will receive for eternity. "Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: 'Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. 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. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.' Then the angel said to me, 'Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!' And he added, 'These are the true words of God.''" When I recently read these verses, I thought of how the usual question we ask in Bible study is, "What does this say about who Christ is to us and what should we do about it?" But this text calls upon us to ask another question, "What does this say about who we are to Christ and what should we do about it?" In staff meeting this week, some of our women shared about what it was like to be a bride. What they shared related to the church as the bride of Christ. One shared, "As I looked forward to our wedding day, I just longed to see him!" Another said, "Every young girl dreams of that day from the time she is twelve." This made me think of one of the ways we are to honor God. Though I have a hard time relating to the metaphor of the church as the bride of Christ, I am convicted about the importance of longing to see Jesus. I want to be full of anticipation about the culmination of this age when our Lord will take us up to himself. May we be prepared!