My gate or Our Gate?

Friday: And where I go you know, and the way you know." Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. We like to use this as our own personal gate keeper “keep out” sign. We like to narrow it down to only those who are Christian, and the right kind of Christian, who live in the right way, who believe in the right sort of way, who follow the right sort of way, which is our way. Jesus’ way however is different. Jesus’ way is grace. Jesus’ way is love. Jesus’ way reaches out to welcome in the sojourner. Jesus’ way welcomes home the prodigal son and then celebrates. Jesus’ way welcomes sinners, tax collectors, women of the night, Pharisees, Zealots, fisherman, the blind, the lame, the leaper, etc, etc, etc….and makes them whole again. There is even room for us.