Gateway

 The anticipation was intense

Children giddy with delight
New discoveries to be made
On that day we were seeking The Gateway
We wound our way though the city streets
Parking next to the mighty river
Right there
Where the boats have moored for over
a hundred years, 
We parked right there 
On the cobblestone
The stories it could tell...

Then it appeared on the horizon,

The Gateway to the West

At over 600 ft. tall, 

It dwarfed everything surrounding it.

Next came the stairs 

Leading to the Gateway...

And once cresting the hill

It stood

Open and ready 

For all who would enter

The anticipation mounted 
Entering a small egg shaped container
We were shuttled to the top of the Gateway
From there
The view was magnificent

The courthouse could be seen clearly

It was intended to be a part of The Gateway Monument

Earlier as we crested the stairs 

The courthouse was clearly visible 

When looking through the arching Gateway

My Tummy was all "Wibbly Wobboly" 

As we looked below

All seemed so crystal clear

The cars, buses and trains traveling to and fro

People in such a hurry

And there it stood slightly to the left

A church

Cross held high

just

Slightly left of the Open Gateway

And I looked in wonder

At the courthouse and the church
the courthouse front and center and the church...  
slightly to the left. 

To the heart
each one has a gateway


A Gate does one of two things
Keeps things out 
or
Keeps things in.

Open

or 

Closed

A gate stands

To let ones in

or keep ones out












And what of the keys?

If we handed the keys over to the One

The "Great I Am"

And we let Him direct us 

to use our heart as He sees fit

So others might know His love...

Even if that means

Sharing life

joys

and

sorrows

So another might join in 

in the everlasting love of the father.

What if we gave up the keys

And instead of allegiance to Justice at the center

We set relationship at the center

Relationship with the Three In One

What if,

We ran the white flag of surrender up

Complete surrender 

To the will and way of the master key holder?

What then?

Would He have you keep the gate to your heart locked away?

Keep you from sharing that love?

Or would the gate fling wide open?

Matthew 7:13-14

   13 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

The gate is narrow

It is as narrow as your heart

And as thin as a key

Who holds the keys to your heart?


Remember the great gift 
The Gift of Jesus Christ 
this Christmas Season


John 14:6
 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.


John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.