Saint Paul the Apostle

The inspiring story of Saint Paul the Apostle:
Saint Paul the Apostle was born in Modern day Turkey under the name of Saul. Saul was a constant persecuter of the Church. Saul witnessed the matrydom of Saint Steven who was one of the first to preach the teachings of Jesus. Saul was hardly a man that would be highly regarded as a man of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Saul was basically a typical person in the world. A person who saw this new religion as a plague amongst society. A plague that should be stopped as soon as possible. Saul found no problem in persecuting early Christians. Damascus began to develop a Christian community which Saul set to destroy. Eliminating this community would be a great fall to Christianity. On the way to Damascus, Saul was nearly blinded by a light and heard the voice of Christ say "Saul, Saul why persecutist thou me?" Those following with Saul also saw the nearly blinding light and were terrified. Upon entering Damascus, Saul became baptised into the Christian church. Leaving behind his old life, Saul decided to leave behind his old name of Saul for the name of Paul. Paul returned to Jerusalem to preach the word of Jesus Christ our Lord. He preached to the many people getting himself into hot water many times. Paul would go on to preach to many different people in many different countries. Paul began to spread the word of Jesus Christ more than any other person had achieved. Paul was imprisoned in Rome and still managed to preach the gospel. Some of the books of the Holy Bible were actually written from prison from Paul. Paul died in Rome most likely from matrydom. Romans, First Corinithians, Second Corinithians, Galatians, Philippians, First Thessalonians, Philemon, and Hebrews are all from Saint Paul.
Why the story of Saint Paul? Uplifting? yes. Inspiring? yes. But why is the story of Saint Paul really so important? How can the story of Saint Paul teach us to be better Christians? Saint Paul was easily the example of a person highly against Christianity. He would stop at nothing to crush Christianity as the plague upon Earth that it was. He had every intention to do so, but he did not. Christianity easily could have fallen had Saint Paul not helped the cause. Saint Paul spread the Gospel and went from persecutor to persecuted. A cause that he so strongly disagreed with was ultimately a cause he died for. The story of Saint Paul teaches us one simple thing, forgiveness. God was able to forgive the sins that Saint Paul had committed. Saint Paul allowed God to use him in the way that God wanted. Saint Paul trusted in God and carried out his mission. We have a forgiving God who can use us in any way possible if only we learn to trust him.