When Narrow is Wide

You need not
Be deceived
Or tantalized
By the wide gate—
The way that promises freedom
But then, imprisons.

May you, Child of God,
Flourish by the paradox
Of the narrow that makes broad—
The seemingly restrictive that sets free.

Jesus,
The one Gate,
The one Way,
The one Door,
So narrow…
So expansive.

He’s the gate that
Leads to life abundant.