Peter Goodwin was a lover of horses. Uncle Peter, as he was called by his friends, was once given the opportunity to select a colt from a herd of twoyearolds. Uncle Peter chose a somewhat ordinary looking colt named Bluegrass. No one else saw the potential in this young horse that Uncle Peter saw. "He will never run in the Kentucky Derby," his friends laughingly told Uncle Peter. But they were wrong. "Bluegrass" not only ran in the Kentucky Derby, but won! When Uncle Peter was asked why he chose that particular colt, he replied that it was because the colt had "the look of eagles in his eye."(1)

The look of eagles . . . I wonder if St. Paul had the look of eagles in his eyes? Here was a man who was converted to the faith after being one of its harshest critics and most intense persecutors…