Chapter 3 - Love

As the two little ants were walking on the Narrow Path with their backpacks, they came to a beautiful horse standing next to the road. The horse greeted them with a big neigh, and then said, “Hello, little ants! I see that you have chosen to take the Narrow Path. That is a very wise choice. I’m going to tell you something very important that will always help you stay on the Narrow Path.”

“What is it?” Daniel and Noah asked.

“Love,” replied the horse. “You always need to love God with all of your heart, with all of your mind, with all of your soul, and with all of your strength. But that’s not all. You must also love other people the way Jesus loves people. If you do this, you’ll always stay on the Narrow Path. If you love Jesus, you will obey his commands.”

“Wow,” said Daniel, “that sounds really, really hard.”

“Jesus will give you help if you ask him, little ants,” the horse replied. “He will show you how to love God and others well, the way he does. And he will help you to obey him if you ask him to.”

Then the horse suddenly twitched his ears, and down floated two little stickers.

“I want to give both of you a “love” sticker as a gift. Keep these stickers with you always and look at them every day. They will remind you that love and obedience keeps you on the Narrow Path.”

Daniel and Noah each had a piece of paper in their backpacks. They took the paper out and stuck on their “love” stickers.

“Thank you, horse!” they said, as they started walking down the Narrow Path again.

“Good bye my friends,” the horse said smiling. “See you in the New Jerusalem!”