Monday, July 1, 2002
Monday, July 1, 2002
Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from
heaven flashed around him.
Such confidence and courage are rare. In our time it was best exemplified a several years ago
by a black minister in front of whose home a band of Ku Klux Klan ruffians set a burning cross.
This could have been a terrifying experience for this pastor's young children. Such fear could
later have turned to blind racial hatred. What did this committed pastor do in the face of this
act of hatred and cowardice? He walked into his kitchen and found some marshmallows and
some roasting forks and he and his wife and two children and their neighbors roasted
marshmallows on the fire the bigots had ignited.
If there is anger in your heart today or hatred or bitterness, are you ready for a Damascus
Road
experience? Are you ready for a heart transplant, a personality transformation? Authentic
Christian conversion means a real change. From hate to love, from fear to faith in Jesus Christ.
(Acts 9.3
NRSV)
Paul met Christ and his own fears were removed. He not only discovered who Christ was, but
he
also discovered who he was as well. Maybe that is why he could no longer be called Saul. He
really was a new man, heart, soul, and spirit. He had a new confidence and a new courage
that dispelled all hatred from his heart.
Dear Jesus, transplant a new heart in me today and forever. Amen.
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