Entering Through the Narrow Gate
The world tells us there are many paths to take. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both." Those are the opening words to Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken . Sometimes we are faced with that same decision. We come to a place where there are two possible paths to take, and we must decide which to take. Both may take us to different destinations or it may take us to the same destination - we do not know. But we must make a decision. Jesus told His disciples to "enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many" (Mt. 7:13). Why the narrow gate? Why does the wide gate and broad road lead to destruction? I do not have the answer to that. I just know that Jesus said He is the way, the truth, and the life, and those even at the time of Jesus's earthly life rejected Him. So, since Jesus is the way, and many have re...