“Enter through the narrow gate. 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 TNIV)

    I live on the edge of a city of millions. My father lives several hundred miles away. To get back home to see my father I can choose one of two ways.

    One way is to jump onto the freeway and join the teaming masses who travel there. The way appears easy because the road is wide. The way seems reasonable because this is the way most people go. But I’ve gone that way before and I know something of the dangers of that road. Everyone is tense and jockeying for position. Accidents are common, often fatal. It is a highway of danger and death.

I’ve found another way...

    But I’ve found another way and I choose to travel it. Few seem to know about it; fewer still actually travel on it. It’s a narrow, winding road through the woods. The way is not totally safe, it has its own unique dangers. But still, I’ve found that the trip goes far better on that road. On that road I’m not dodging accidents or swerving to escape being struck by another traveler. On that road, though the way seems slower, I’m enabled to enjoy something of the beauty of what God has made along the way. And in a sense, I now sense that I’m traveling with Him. I feel like I’m somehow more alive as I travel down that road.

    I look forward to going home. And I’m thankful I’ve found the way.

    Lead me gently home, father.

    And you thought I was talking about my vacation plans.

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Title: "Disciples Have Found the Way Home"
Author: David Smith
Publication Date: May 30, 2003