Saul was held safe by the rope attached to the basket allowing him to live, to escape to be the apostle Paul, the man God used, transformed, the man of God, who turned from his roots, the sins of his persecution, became the man God needed him to be To go and evangelize, to lead to lead others to God, to the saving grace of Jesus Christ Held safe by a rope, holding a basket, lowering him down the wall the city wall of Damascus What if that rope had failed, what if the people holding the rope failed, let go, grew weary Praise God they did their job did it well, to the best of their abilities How much richer we are, how much greater is the bounty he harvested because they held the rope That we hold it still in his service sowing the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ the Risen Lord, whose birth we again await