Acts 26-28

Acts 28:3 records that Paul was bitten on the hand by a snake. Now there are some things about snakes that I appreciate. They eat mice and other pests. They don't spread diseases. And they generally tend to avoid people. But I don't like to be startled by a snake and I definitely don't desire to be bitten by a snake. Fortunately a snake bite in this part of Indiana would not prove life threatening. But it would prove to be painful. So even though Paul suffered no ill effects from this snake bite I'm sure that it still hurt. But enduring that pain was a great way to introduce the message of Jesus to the people of Malta. I don't know if that is why that snake was in that brush pile but that is definitely shows what God can do with a snake bite.
Stuart