Keeping with last week’s theme, I’ve gone and found another gem among some of the other books that were given to me by my great-grandpa. Like the book from last week, I forgot I had this one. This one is called Finding My Way Through the Narrow Gate by Helen May Blackmon. I couldn’t find it on Amazon and I’m away from my scanner, so you’ll have to go without a photo of the cover. So here’s a lovely picture of a person writing a poem.
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While the book is a series of personal thoughts on several topics such as anxiety, character, faith, acceptance, and forgiveness, it begins with a neat poem that I just have to share with you.
(That, and just to be open here, I have no shame in not having to spend so much time cranking out a blog post this week since I’m fully embracing my vacation week with my family in Colorado.)
Anyways…here’s the poem:
Two weary travelers, on their way,
Came to the fork of the road one day;
Which way shall we take? said they,
The road to the left looked smooth and wide,
The lure of pleasure on every side;
And a voice seemed to say, ‘Do come this way,
The path will be easy and smooth to your feet;
Come with the throng, and life will be sweet.’
But, hark! a tender voice they hear:
‘Beware, dear pilgrims, beware!
That road may be broad and with pleasure strewn:
But alas! this pleasure, all too soon to bitterness will turn.
It will never satisfy the soul,
Or bring the peace for which you yearn,
And you will never reach your goal.’
They turned and saw the Master of men,
Who tenderly called to them, ‘Follow Me.’
At times the path may be narrow and rough,
But this path leads to eternity.
One traveler said, ‘It is enough.’
His heart had been touched by the sight;
And willing to follow Christ at any cost, said,
‘I will take the road to the right.’
The other traveler heeded not this voice,
And tho’ he would be eternally lost,
The broad road was made his choice.
So parted the travelers, one through the narrow gate entered in…
To the steep and rugged path that leads to God,
The broad and alluring path of sin, the other one’s feet did trod,
He sought the pleasures for which he yearned,
But they did not satisfy his hungry soul.
His search for happiness to bitterness had turned,
And he had failed to reach his goal.
The path of the other was rugged and steep,
But peace and joy he had found on his way.
The Good Shepherd led him as one of His sheep
And he walked with the presence of God each day.
Discussion Question: What verses (likely) inspired this poem?
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