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One of the best examples of someone who ended up living his life in<br />
the light of all three is Saul of Tarsus, better known as the apostle<br />
Paul. (Saul was his Jewish name, while Paul was his Greek name,<br />
derived from the Latin ‘Paulus’.) For the first part of his life, he was<br />
driven <strong>by</strong> a very misguided sense of purpose, using his God-given<br />
gifts but in a very destructive way. Then at a critical moment<br />
(described in Acts 9), his life was completely, radically and eternally<br />
changed <strong>by</strong> an encounter with the risen Jesus on the road to<br />
Damascus.<br />
His story, though unique, contains for us some wonderful lessons<br />
concerning how we, like him, can truly be alive with purpose.