The Narrow Way

There was no map for this.
No model.
No mentor.
Just broken bricks and buried dream
and a whisper from heaven saying,
“Start anyway.”

You didn’t have the language.
You didn’t have the legacy.
You didn’t have the safety net.
But you had a word.

And sometimes, that’s all it takes.

Hebrews 11:8 says,
“By faith Abraham… went out, not knowing where he was going.”

He didn’t have a manual.
He didn’t have clear steps.
He had faith.
He had God.

And so do you.

You are building a life you’ve never seen.
Speaking kindness in a home where only silence lived.
Raising children with a softness you were never given.
Following Jesus in a family that never said His name.

And still
you’re building.

You’re learning as you go.
Laying foundation in faith.
Hammering hope into the frame.
Naming every room “Peace,” “Joy,” “Freedom,”
even if you never lived in a house like this before.

And here’s what heaven wants you to know:
you’re doing better than you think.

The fact that you’re trying?
It’s holy.
The fact that you’re still here?
It’s proof.
The fact that you’re doing it afraid, unqualified, unsure
makes you the exact kind of builder God trusts.

Because He never needed your experience.
He needed your yes.

So pick up the hammer again.
Speak life again.
Pray bold again.
Draw the lines of a legacy your family has never seen
and watch God fill in the rest.

You’re not failing.
You’re forging.
You’re not behind.
You’re becoming.

And one day, generations will look back and say,
“They didn’t have a blueprint
but they built anyway.
And because of them, we now know what love looks like.”