It gives readers a choice between one of two options – you may either enter the wide gate and follow the broad way, or you can enter the small gate and walk the narrow road. “But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”Ĭlearly, this small passage of the Bible has huge implications. Matthew 7:14, on the other hand, follows the scary conclusions of its predecessor with: We are told that it is a ‘wide gate’ and a ‘broad way.’ For these reasons, it naturally follows that ‘ many enter through it.‘ This first of the two selected verses is primarily geared towards describing the gate that leads to destruction. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.” In a similar manner to Frost’s revered poem, Matthew 7:13-14 presents us with a tale of two diverging paths. He took the road less traveled, and it served him well. Readers of The Road Not Taken – myself included – can’t help but infer from the text that the speaker is well-pleased with his unorthodox decision, that he’s satisfied with how things turned out, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Instead of traveling the same route as everyone else, you may choose to take a different path which leads to different results. Now, imagine the man leaning in and, almost at a whisper, saying ‘…And that has made all the difference.
But to the left was a smaller path, barely visible beneath the weeds and bushes, and it was that course which he elected to take. He’d looked to his right and seen a path which was well-traveled and well-worn, having been traversed by thousands of people over the years. He sits down next to his grandson and tells him about the time in his life when he happened upon two diverging pathways in the woods. Imagine, if you would, a grandfather who is advanced in age and drawing near to the end of his life. In its concluding verses we hear the poet proclaim: Perhaps nowhere was this astounding ability made more apparent than in one of Frost’s most oft-quoted poems: The Road Not Taken. He brought us such works as Fire and Ice, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Mending Wall, and many, many more. A wise and incredibly talented man, Frost made it his life’s work to take abstract themes and weave them into vivid metaphors. Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of the greatest literary figures in American history. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matthew 7:13-14). For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
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