Jesus is coming back for a Bride that is clothed in His Splendor.  He is coming back for a Bride that is captivated by His gaze.  In Hosea God says concerning His Bride, "But now I am going to woo her.  I will bring her out to the desert and I will speak to her heart."  It is something of a great honor for the Creator of the Universe to speak to our hearts.  This scripture breaks something inside of me.  I, in the same instant have a fear yet a strong desire for my heart to be revealed to me.  God is full of courage.  It is a silly thing to say, yet so true.  God comes to me, a man with free will, and He wants to speak to my heart directly.  In the presence of God is where I find strength.  It is in God's presence that I find God!  There is only one thing that my heart desires and that is to be fully God's.  On the day that He comes to get His bride I want to be honored and joyed to see Him.  I want Him to see a bit of Himself in me.  I am honored and joyed right now...in this very moment.  It is so comforting to know that God's purposes in my life will not be hindered.  He will have my heart.  His one aim, to woo His bride.  I know that I am part of the bride of Christ.  I also feel a very strong desire to be one who encourages and protects His bride.  Yesterday, at work, I was praying and my heart broke and tears came welling into my eyes as I experienced His Presence and what seemed to be a calling for me to share His heart with His bride.  I felt like I was given a message of great love for His bride.  I was having a time trying to keep my voice strong as I would talk to customers because God "spoke to my heart".  He was wooing me.  He was inviting me to trust Him to give Him my life.  I will not share the message now because I want to be patient with it.  I share this just to encourage you.  I am a man like you.  I am an example of the great Love that God has for his children.  He has taken me and put a desire in my heart that will not be satisfied until I see Him standing by His bride and see Him Glorified throughout all the earth.   This desire brings life to me and honors me.  It expands and breaths life in areas that were once dead.  I am a new creation in Christ, as are you.  We can take great joy knowing that He is taking us into the desert.  It is there that He wants to speak to our hearts.  It is there where He plans to set his vineyards in hope.  He calls those things that are not as though they are.  He calls us Loved.