Only one very limited access ramp, but clearly marked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, not a freeway, not a four-lane interstate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many very inviting exit ramps, heavily advertised, pressure to detour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As promised, the road is actually very narrow, only one lane, and it gets rougher along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like the Christmas song:
“I’m not one to question what angels have to say, but this is such a strange way to save the world.”
That seemed true when angels told of Jesus’ birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was confirmed when Jesus grew up and taught, “Wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there be that go there. Strait (limited) is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leads to life, and few there be that find it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus is the Way—the only Way.
The Bible says so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Only one very limited access ramp, but clearly marked. Then, not a freeway, not a four-lane interstate. Many very inviting exit ramps, heavily advertised, pressure to detour. As promised, the road is actually very narrow, only one lane, and it gets rougher along the way. Like the Christmas song:“I’m not one to question what angels […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith_based","category-inspire_lifter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5324,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322\/revisions\/5324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}