“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it. Matthew 7:13-14 NLT
A narrow anything implies difficulty. If I am overweight, I struggle to get through. If I am overburdened, I struggle to get through. Yet if I am, trim, fit, able and determined, I will get through.
The gate is narrow for a reason. It will deter the lazy, the incompetent, the overburdened, the overweight. It is difficult for a reason, a purifying reason.
A beautiful garden does not need riff raff trampling it down. It begs for considerate, thoughtful, appreciative people to enter it and enjoy.
The Lord of glory is in this garden. He wants our fellowship but not our junk. People, when they talk, are often unaware of the junk they offload on others, all because they are given space. I do not like listening to junky talk. Lord make us aware! Amen!
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