{"id": "card_n_5335d3c35271", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Worry children", "body": "A mother watched her child run toward the road and called him back a thousand times. By the thousandth call her voice was tired and her child no longer turned. A wise woman sat beside her and said, 'You have built the path; now teach him to listen for the One who built you. Your voice was never the rail.' The mother did not stop calling; but she also began to pray.\n\nAsk yourself: Whose voice have you been hoping would be your child's rail?\n\nGOD — wait. The child you raise belongs to the One you raise them toward.\n\n(A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)", "source": {"label": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "url": "", "ref": "scripture_3_jn_4", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "time_sequence", "metabolism", "authority_trust", "GOD"], "connections": [], "author": "operator", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "witness", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "f351d5e13b5f926b04d33891abb9131b4499a607e70e961568487f15093e0c7f"}