The younger son tried to bring the whole far country into the Father's house.

The father would not allow it.

The speech had to die.

The shame had to die.

The labels had to die.

The bargaining had to die.

Only the son entered the feast.

The elder brother stood outside because he could not release his performance-based identity.

Both sons faced the same Gate.

The Gate was the Father's heart.

The question for both was the same:

Will you accept what I say about you?

The narrow gate is not:

Try harder.

The narrow gate is not:

Become worthy.

The narrow gate is not:

Fix yourself.

The narrow gate is:

Receive your belovedness.

For what enters the feast is not the failure.

What enters the feast is not the achiever.

What enters the feast is the child who finally agrees with the Father.

"You are My beloved child."