The King Awaits!
As the patient King awaits, His bride continues about her business. In His efforts to woo her, He tries everything to get her attention and connect with her. He tries to spend quality time with her, but she's so busy and isn't quite sure how deep she wants to go with Him. He 
longs to tell her of His power and love, and since she's so busy, He writes it all down in a book. She opened it once or twice, but didn't really have the time to read it and to be honest; she found it kind of boring. So He called upon one of His servants to read it to her, just so she knows! She listened as the servant read a few times, but simply had better things to do; after all, He's going to love her anyway, so what does it matter?
Often times we act like that kind of bride, do we not? We have no time for anything of Him, but that which will benefit us. We want to talk to Him and spend time with Him only when we realize we're in need. Even during this time of year as we celebrate the birthday of our Beloved, we often spend more time thinking of what we want, shopping for that perfect gift for the special someone(s) in our lives, but the time we spend thinking of Him and celebrating Him is often narrowed down to a short lesson plan or church play (if that) and count that as sufficient.
Approximately 2012 years ago (the exact date is irrelevant), our Bridegroom was born. While completely God, He came as a man with us in mind; knowing full well the pain that would be inflicted upon Him in doing so. He didn't come for us to be unchanged; He came to pay the price that we deserved, so through Him and His love, we'd be changed. This Christmas, let us be resolved to throw off our old selves once and for all and put Christ at the forefront of our lives; being the bride earnestly in love with her loving bridegroom - not just for the holiday, but every day.
