“I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake.” Paul spoke these words to a scribe, likely while in a dark pit, chained to a guard. Pain, filth, turmoil and rejoicing? Most of us would be saying, “God, why have you abandoned me?” Not Paul—he saw an opportunity to serve Jesus. Paul met Christ on his way to kill Christians. Via a blinding light, scales on his eyes, and a vision, he became a Christ-follower. But it wasn’t Paul’s vision that gave him spiritual stamina. His fellow workers in