13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it. (Matthew 7:13-14 CSB)

As both an adventure bike rider and a mountain bike rider I have gotten to experience some wonderful rides. Many that started out looking glum because the path was hard and narrow. However, when I persevered and wound my way down the narrow path so many times it opened up to beautiful places.

Our path in life is often fraught with the decision to take the narrow (harder) path rather than the broad (easy) path. True more so in our faith life as we know that following Christ means taking up our cross. This is the narrow path that few find.

Taking the narrow harder path in our faith life opens to … heaven.