Acts 9:17
“Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit.”

When Saul was blinded by a flash of light on the way to Damascus…he was heading there to persecute Christians (he was “breathing murderous threats”). This is the one that the risen Christ chose as His “instrument” of love, mercy, grace, forgiveness and compassion! Clearly it had nothing to do with his worthiness. God’s way is not our way! In a vision Jesus spoke to a man named Ananias to go to Saul and to lay hands on him so that he might regain his sight. The process was underway that would transform Saul into the one who would come to be known as St. Paul. Saul met God…not by way of his worthiness…but by way of his sinfulness! God’s justice was not retributive but restorative. Saul’s brutality was met with love, mercy, grace, forgiveness and compassion…and he was changed. He was being made whole…on the path to becoming his “true self.” God never gives up on anyone…including you. How might Christ want to transform you?

Suggested song of the day– “Salvation” on the Live to Love album.
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Remember…God loves you!