Apostle Paul was toughened through seasons of hard experiences.
Do you know that It was predicted of him…? As in Acts 9:16 “For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
Lo & behold It started as soon as he was converted.
Acts 9:23-24 “And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: {24} But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.”
He spent three lonely, arduous years on the backside of the desert,as in Gal. 1:17.
He was stoned, shipwrecked, beaten, and placed in dungeons.
Gues what dear Celebrated friend,all of these he calls his ‘light affliction’ as in 2 Cor 4:17 “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”
He declares that he has ‘fought a good fight’,as in 2 Tim 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”
This year promises to be very informative
