Even the Greatest Suffer Persecution.......please share freely.....deno.

         Saul of Tarsus on his way to persecute Christians ran head on with the Lord Jesus Christ in a mighty visitation of the Lord. The Lord appeared to Saul in much of the brightness of His Glory and when Saul beheld the glory, Saul fell from his horse to the ground blinded by the marvelous light of Jesus Christ.
        Friends that day of exceeding great light in the life of Saul was going to change and transform his heart and life forever. Sauls name would be changed to Paul and on that day the GREATEST of servants of Jesus Christ was born again and was soon to become A GIANT in the faith and knowledge of the Son of God. 
       All this is true and all this is praise worthy but one must not leave out this which also accompanied Pauls so great a salvation and so great a conversion. For a few days later while Paul was still blind from the brightness of Jesus' appearing to him on that road to Damascus, the Lord appeared to another man name Ananias and said to him about Paul that he wanted him to go find Paul and pray for him. Jesus said to the hesitant Ananias who feared Pauls past record of persecuting the church, Jesus said.....Go to him Ananias, for he is a chosen vessel unto me for my purpose, to bear MY NAME before the Gentiles, and before presidents and kings, and the children of Israel. 16) For I will SHOW him what GREAT THINGS he must suffer/endure for MY NAMES SAKE. (Acts 9:15-20). 
        Truly we have great light and blessings believing and belonging to Christ. Yet we must not become deceived as to think that such exempts us from the thorns of the beautiful rose that God planted in the world. He said to the up and coming GIANT for Jesus Christ Paul of Tarsus, You will suffer GREAT THINGS for serving Me. Count  the cost and press onward.....deno......please share freely.