Real Life Real Faith Men of Faith September Issue | Page 17

the damascus road experience

with a purpose

alvin c. romer

I

feel free

’m writing this article in the

first person singular because I want to add a value added experience using Paul’s situation pertaining how God used purpose to change his life. I felt the need to personalize this entity for discernible options to elicit it as a beneficial source of significance for maximum potential…especially for those looking for validation, and giving a plan for purpose.

Points of contention are finding fulfilling reason for embarking on a journey to discover all of the above illustrating Paul’s evolution.

The beauty in this analogy will give salient points regarding why there’s a connection between purpose, destiny and wisdom. In modern day usage, to refer to something as a ‘Damascus Road experience' is to refer to a profound life-changing experience that turned a misguided soul from skepticism to belief in the Jesus to whom one previously mocked and rejected. There’s too many of us in today’s society who are lost, living lives with no determined end where confidence is not a catalyst for change. We go about life not knowing who