{"id":1128,"date":"2017-06-17T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2017-06-17T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T16:11:16","slug":"the-narrow-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/17\/the-narrow-path\/","title":{"rendered":"The Narrow Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1129 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939868_1013068085373157_5350157594954328778_n-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939868_1013068085373157_5350157594954328778_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939868_1013068085373157_5350157594954328778_n.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>The broad path, is the one I chose early in my life&#8230;<\/h6>\n<h6>Careless times of living, not giving heed to what lay ahead, on this road of misery and strife<\/h6>\n<h6>Anger, deceit, and treachery, companions they became<\/h6>\n<h6>Lawless, reckless, destitute, these became my middle name\u2026&#8230;<\/h6>\n<h6>Then something strange happened to me, I cannot begin to explain<\/h6>\n<h6>But this much, I can tell you, I never was the same, I changed\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>A faith woman, came to town one day, she preached a little sermon, about the straight and narrow way<\/h6>\n<h6>Broad is the road that leads to destruction, hear this story, she wailed\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Narrow is the road that will lead you away from Hell\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Where gnashing of teeth is heard and the worm never dies,<\/h6>\n<h6>Listen to me, she cried\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Get off the road your walking, let Jesus be your guide<\/h6>\n<h6>Follow in His footsteps they lead to eternal life!\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>I cried, I am a wretched, poor, lost sinner\u2026not worthy of anything but death<\/h6>\n<h6>She laughed and shouted, \u201cThat\u2019s perfect, you\u2019re the one he\u2019s been looking for<\/h6>\n<h6>A little lost lamb he came to save he\u2019s knocking at your hearts door\u2026\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>Tears that flow like the river ran down my face that day<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ve never been the same since, now; I\u2019m walking the narrow way\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>There is a way that seems right to man, but the ends thereof are death\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>On the narrow path you\u2019ll meet the one where wonders never cease\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>You\u2019ll lie down and sleep in his embrace where there\u2019s perfect love and peace\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ve come to know what true life, is really all about\u2026on this secluded narrow path<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ll live and laugh and shout!<\/h6>\n<h6>Broad, is the pathway, that will take you straight to Hell\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Narrow, is the pathway that will show you the way out!<\/h6>\n<h6>By: Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill 6\/17\/2015\u00a9<\/h6>\n<h6>Photo by: Sallie Gandy Henry<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The broad path, is the one I chose early in my life&#8230; Careless times of living, not giving heed to what lay ahead, on this road of misery and strife Anger, deceit, and treachery, companions they became Lawless, reckless, destitute, these became my middle name\u2026&#8230; 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