Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
"Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to
enter and
will not be able.
I suppose if you are determined, no space is too narrow. Except one. Jesus says to us
today,
"Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be
able...."
(Luke 13:24
NRSV)
An assistant to former Ohio State coach Woody Hayes once told how he and another
coach were
looking out a window one day and saw Coach Hayes slowly easing into the last empty
space in
the parking lot, barely wide enough for a car. But he couldn't get out of the car once it
was
parked. There weren't more than four inches alongside and he couldn't open either
door. A
moment passed, and then he backed the car out. Now, as they stared in disbelief,
Hayes got out of
the car, walked to the rear, planted his hands on the trunk and slowly, grimly, pushed
the car back
into the space. We aren't told how he got back into the car later. Maybe the cars on
either side
moved.
God of the narrow way, keep me on your narrow path. Amen.
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