28:4-6 First Impressions Based on folklore about snakes, the island locals assumed Paul must have been a dangerous criminal or murderer. When Paul didn’t die from the snakebite, they reclassified him as a god. Of course, Paul was neither. Similarly, people with disabilities are often classified as “threatening” or reclassified as “special” according to the changing whims of popular belief. Like Paul, they are neither of these. Instead, they are simply ordinary people who, by God’s grace, can also be used to bring God’s love to the world.