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heard the Voice say to him:<br />
?Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me??<br />
?Who are you, Lord??Saul asked.<br />
?I am Jesus, who you are persecuting,?he replied.<br />
?Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told<br />
what you must do.?<br />
(don?t you love it when the good Lord/Universe is<br />
super clear on what you must do, Mom Warrior?)<br />
So what follows forth from this Calling of Saul<br />
was a bit of a rebirth. Called by Jesus to be one of<br />
his Apostles. To carry his Message forth.<br />
To no longer be Saul. Step into his new life, his<br />
new Path, his new Calling, his new Mission.<br />
? As Paul.<br />
To be one of the baddest, boldest, coolest, most<br />
powerful of the Apostles. To go on and SAVE<br />
Christians, where before it was beheadings and<br />
crucifixions.<br />
To go from one of the worst offenders of the<br />
Faith, to one of it?s strongest Leaders.<br />
So w hy him ?<br />
Why not some Joe Shmoe down the road that<br />
DIDN?T have the reputation of, oh, killing<br />
thousands and thousands of God?s people?<br />
God in Her ultimate power, and affinity, could<br />
have called anybody to carry out this job that<br />
needed to be done.<br />
* * (p.s. I refer to God as a female, just so you know.<br />
Hence, the ?Her?. You?re welcome to disagree for<br />
sure.<br />
It?s just that when I think of God, I think of Love.<br />
When I think of Love, I think of a Mother?s Love.<br />
That?s why.)<br />
So why did She choose the worst sinner the land<br />
has ever seen?<br />
Why not somebody a little bit more believable<br />
when it comes to bringing His Message to the<br />
7<br />
29<br />
masses?<br />
Somebody the crowd wouldn?t have held<br />
such a vendetta against?<br />
Som eone a lit t le less ext rem e in t heir<br />
crim es.<br />
Why oh why, dear Lord?<br />
That ?s not even t he m ost puzzling quest ion<br />
of t his st ory of Saul t o Paul, Mom Warrior?<br />
Why not more stories like this? Why not more<br />
transformational ones of sinner to Saint?<br />
It worked out pretty good for Paul and his<br />
transformation, why didn?t God do it some<br />
more?<br />
Even if there were, why not include more<br />
works and stories like that in the Bible and<br />
other Apostles?adventures?<br />
This was a pretty brilliant move by God and<br />
the Bible. Let me tell you why?<br />
? She didn?t w ant us cherry-picking t he best<br />
Apost le st ories and choosing t hat rout e t o<br />
follow ?<br />
? that life to emulate.<br />
She wanted to give us as an extreme<br />
example of what is possible.<br />
That we would know that it would be okay.<br />
If a fallen soul could fall as far as Saul did?<br />
? enjoy in the beheading of men, women,<br />
and children for no other reason but their<br />
beliefs of a higher Power?<br />
? for no other reason than how they chose to<br />
have their life represented.<br />
To go from that?<br />
? .to being an original superhero Avenger<br />
(that?s how I view those Apostles ).<br />
One of the best ones at that!<br />
To go from one super duper, really, really bad<br />
extreme to the other?
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