The Narrow Way

You prayed for community.
You opened your door.
You made room for the broken
and sometimes, they broke you.

You let people sit close to your flame,
and some of them didn’t handle it well.
They brought their baggage, their bitterness, their unmet expectations.
And suddenly, what was beautiful started to feel heavy. Complicated. Unsafe.

But don’t miss this:
community was never meant to be clean.
It was meant to be covered.

Acts 2 wasn’t just about tongues of fire
it was about people with wildly different backgrounds
learning how to stay in the same upper room.

Because real revival doesn’t only fall on individuals.
It forms a body. A family. A house.

And families aren’t perfect.
But they’re powerful when they learn how to stay.
To speak the truth in love.
To apologize first.
To listen before correcting.
To bring oil, not gasoline, to the conflict.

Romans 12:18 says,
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”

That doesn’t mean tolerating abuse.
That doesn’t mean silencing truth.
It means learning to carry grace and fire in the same hands.

So when it gets hard, don’t quit.
When it gets messy, don’t shut down.
When someone mishandles your vulnerability, don’t let that harden your heart.

Tend the flame.
Talk it through.
Take it to prayer.
Try again.

Because the fire is worth it.
And the enemy knows
if he can divide the fire carriers,
he can distract the movement.

But you’re wiser now.
You’re more rooted.
You’re still burning.
And you know:

It was never supposed to be easy.
It was supposed to be holy.

So stay close.
Speak life.
And keep the fire anyway.