The Paradox of the Narrow Gate

May your world expand

As your focus narrows.

As the world cries,

“Cast off restraint

If you want to be free,”

Jesus proclaims,

“Enter by the narrow gate…

The gate is narrow…

That leads to life.” (Matt 7:13)

The expansive life,

The wonder-filled life,

Is entered through

A single door

(“I am the door,” John 10:7).

What seems restricting,

Is liberating.

What seems confining,

Is life-giving.

Jesus did not come to

Take your life,

Child of God,

He came to give it.

I bless you to

Delight in the narrow gate.