The Narrow Gate

[Gennee]

A couple of weeks ago, we have a lesson on the seventh chapter of Matthew. We studied the whole chapter. Verses 13 and 14 have stuck in my mind.

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Matt. 7:13-14

These verses remind of the road that I trod on when I was coming to terms about my gender issues. Prior to 2000 I was traveling the same road as everybody else. Then suddenly I was nudged along to travel another path. No one else could do this for me. The trek was lonely, winding, challenging at times, and never ending. I was encountering new experiences. The further I traveled the more that life was becoming clearer.

If I continued walking on the broad road, I would have been miserable. I was a mess internally and emotionally. As the journey continued there were roads crossed, new discoveries, and more joy as I embraced what came my way.

The biggest trial came this past May. The road become narrower and I hesitated. I could turn back but that wasn't a viable option. Finall, I did continue trekking on a narrower road. What happened was my migration from a crossdresser to a transsexual. I have never been happier in my life.

I am writing this piece in more detail for an online magazine. I will let you know when it is published.

Gennee

[Pablo Rafael]

Gennee,

It is so encouraging to read your comments. I pray that all the best will come your way as you travel down your chosen path.

It is easy to walk on the broad path along with everyone else. Many choose to ignore the blessings that God desires for them by following the crowd. We seek wealth because society tells us that is the right way to go. We seek power because everyone else wants to get power. We conform to what our friends, relatives, churches want for us because it is easier. But how fortunate are those who see the narrow and sometimes difficult path and follow their hearts; they will find that the difficult way is also the richest way and the way of greatest joy, and God is there every step of the way.

[Amy Gower]

Gennee, good luck and God bless. You are loved, and God made you just the way H/She wanted you to be. Do I mean you should have been happy in the gender you were born into? Nope. I mean that God created you to walk a certain path and it sounds like your transition is part of that path....and maybe your experiences are supposed to help someone else struggling with difficult, life-changing choices. I can only imagine the difficulties you have and will face, but you definitely seem to know Who you have to back you up, and again....good luck!

[Gennee]

Originally Posted by Amy Gower

Gennee, good luck and God bless. You are loved, and God made you just the way H/She wanted you to be. Do I mean you should have been happy in the gender you were born into? Nope. I mean that God created you to walk a certain path and it sounds like your transition is part of that path....and maybe your experiences are supposed to help someone else struggling with difficult, life-changing choices. I can only imagine the difficulties you have and will face, but you definitely seem to know Who you have to back you up, and again....good luck!

Thank you. Amy.

Gennee

[SolApollo]

Congrats Gennee! As long as you are happy, that is all that matters. Be well on your journey & may God bless your steps along the way. I would be interested in reading your article when it becomes available.

[BruceChris]

That we are born to, not so much to an identity, as to a journey.

Peace and Love, Bruce Chris

[Gennee]

Thank you all for your encouraging words.

Gennee