Paul

Born into the law,
Son of  a Pharisee
 a Pharisee himself.
Paul knew the law
Forward and back,

Hearing of this Jesus,
He was unimpressed.

How could someone
so lawless
so little inclined to following the rules
be Messiah?

It was inconceivable.
And so he did not consider it.

His disdain,
he felt,
proved accurate.

This man,
this Messiah--
crucified?
Ridiculous!

The Son of God put to death upon a cross?
Inconceivable.

He felt himself justified in his unbelief
and he began zealously persecuting those
who persisted in their foolishness.

Others believed as he did.
They acted upon their beliefs
And he held their cloaks.

He continued blindly in his zealous conceit
Until that day
on the road
to Damascus.

"Saul! Why are you persecuting me?"

A voice so strong, words so deep,
that all around him heard the message meant for him.

"I am Jesus, who you persecute!"

And in a moment of blindness,
All was made clear.

He continued to Damascus
led by the hand
And found himself in the care of Ananias.

Who showed the greater faith--
The blind man, trusting that God would provide
or the faithful man, healing the man
who delighted in persecuting his people?

From that time on,
Saul fed the church he had persecuted,
Both physically
and spiritually.

God chooses those that he chooses.
He uses those that he uses,
and always for his glory--
They come to tell his story.