Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Acts 9:1–20; Psalm 117; John 6:52–59
There are moments in life you don’t expect.
But they shake you.
A conversation. A sentence. A look from someone.
And suddenly you realize:
“I may be wrong.”
Not slightly wrong.
Deeply wrong.
That moment is uncomfortable.
Because being wrong feels like losing.
But sometimes—
it is the beginning of seeing.
Paul had that moment.
He was not confused.
He was certain.
He believed in God. He followed the law.
And still— he was on the wrong road.
Not just mistaken.
Dangerous.
He was hunting those who followed Jesus.
Threats. Violence.
He thought he was defending truth.
Until—
something happened.
A light.
A voice.
“Why are you persecuting me?”
Not “them.”
Me.
And that question went deeper than argument.
It reached his conscience.
“What you do to others— you do to me.”
Paul saw it.
And everything began to shift.
This is how change begins.
Not with answers.
But with a question you cannot escape.
And then—
he has to wait.
No clarity. No control.
Just time to face himself.
That part is hard.
Because we prefer quick fixes.
But real change takes time.
And often— it needs someone else.
In Paul’s case, it was Ananias.
He appears only once.
But without him, Paul would not become Paul.
He knew the past. He knew the damage.
And still— he went.
And said one word:
“Brother.”
That word opened a future.
Because change is not only realizing you were wrong.
It is also being received when you turn.
Without that—
we stay trapped in what we were.
We see this everywhere.
People labeled. Canceled. Reduced to their worst moment.
But grace does something else.
It gives another beginning.
It starts with a question that breaks us open.
It grows through people who do not give up on us.
And it leads to a new life we could not imagine before.
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