So sure, anointed for that purpose
sanctioned and bless to route them out
He was a zealot, crusader
to stamp out these rabble
But he was to go the opposite way
finding Christ on that Damascus Road
In blindness he would see
his way led to death
In turning the opposite way
our lives changed forever
October 1, 2008
Acts 9:1-19a
Philippians 3:4b-14
(Raymond A. Foss)
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