Comments on: Enter by the Narrow Gate https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17900 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:59:05 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17900 Hi Dana, It's scary, isn't it, how the commitment to blog daily, and all the attendant busyness of the writing life can squeeze out time with God. I have had a problem with that some days for the last 2-3 weeks. As you say, oh that we could trust him and put him first.

]]> By: Dana Rongione https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17899 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:00:27 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17899 What a profound post and a beautifully painted picture of “squeezing in” through the gate! Finding time with God some days is nearly impossible, and completely submitting to His desire for my life is even more so. Sometimes, things just don't make sense, and I feel I must make changes. The problem is that the changes are of my own making and not His. When following God's will, it's not unusual to find oneself in a place that just doesn't make sense. But who says God's ways will make sense to us? Oh, that I would have the boldness to say (and live), “Whatever you want, Lord. I'm yours. Use me.”

Thanks for this wonderful post!

A Word Fitly Spoken
http://DanaRongione.blogspot.com

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17898 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:29:56 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17898 Thanks Mollie and Joanna!

Joanna, I was always afraid that if I surrendered to God I would not be able to write as much. It took a period of brokenness, and not being able to write anyway, for me to be able to leave my writing in his hands.

And I have got it back–in a different form, but a more nourishing and life-giving form, for myself, and perhaps others.

]]> By: Joanna https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17897 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:18:03 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17897 I love this post and your particular interpretation of what it means to enter by the narrow gate. Your words about watching your family do sport also reminded me that we need to overcome fear in order to live fully – in my case I am always afraid that complete surrender will mean I have to give up something to love (even though there is no reason to assume this). Thank you for reminding me of the way our fears limit us and the rewards of facing them down.

]]> By: Miss Mollie https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17896 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:21:51 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/06/27/enter-by-the-narrow-gate/#comment-17896 Great analogy. We need to be totally open to God. What experiences we miss when we hold back.

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