The Narrow Gate
There was once a traveler standing before two roads. One road was wide, smooth, and filled with laughter. The crowd on it was endless, music, lights, pleasures that promised everything and asked for nothing. The traveler’s friends called out, “This way! Everyone’s going here!” The other road was narrow, rocky, and lonely. The gate at its entrance was small, so small that the traveler couldn’t pass through carrying his luggage. He had to leave things behind, his pride, his sin, his comfort, his excuses. He hesitated. Then he saw a sign written in faded letters: “For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14) The truth hit him hard, the easy way is crowded, but it’s a trap. That’s the story of our world today. Many choose the broad road. The one that says, “Do what makes you happy.” “It’s just sin, everyone’s doing it.” “God under...