The Door & The Path

You wonder why the door is shut.
You see through the small window that it's paradise.
You see the wind rustle the leafs, the carefree birds fly by, and even the butterflies at peace upon the field of daisies.
What you see and comprehend looks like heaven.
You can feel the radiant sun beaming it's warmth into your skin even through the glass that separates you.
It appears as if everything is dancing, even leaping with this enthrallment of content.
It appears that if only you were able to open this door you would have it all!
But for some reason it won't budge, as if it were locked from the outside.
All you want is to follow this path, this path into paradise!

You see it through that tiny window-
a paved pathway into the glorious unknown.
Oh you can just picture the smooth wide path under your bare feet,
no peebles or crevices.
You can briefly smell the scent of the blossoms just below
and taste the sweet crisp air floating off from the creek nearby.
Oh why won't this door open you wonder!
What is wrong?!
What am I missing?

Next door sits another.
Another scene, another story.
Here the door lies open and yet, the person sits frozen in place.
The wind is violent and a brutal storm rages just inches before them.
They see the clouds twirl and spin, branches bend and break.
A tornado is forming, hail is falling;
the earth appears brutally angry!
The creatures below run wildly to shelter that they can not seem to find.
The creek is flooded and water is rising to your feet.
The door has been forced open and shatters as it whips off of it's hinges.
They see the path, but don't desire it;
for the path is narrow and full of ditches.
All they see is darkness.
All they feel is hardness.
The path is full of rocks and sharp edges.
The person quivers thinking,
"Is there no other why?
What have I done to deserve this?!"

What you don't see past your paradise lays that same storm.
What they don't see past their storm lays that same heaven.
What they don't realise is that their path eventually leads to something beyond their wildest dreams.
You wonder why that door is shut.
They wonder why it's not.

Trust the One who controls both doors and knows both paths.

Matthew 7: 13-14, Proverbs 16: 9, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 8:28, Joshua 1:9