These photos depict the Great Theater, part of the Ancient Greek city of Ephesus, founded in the 10th century BC.  Located here are the remains of many wonderful old buildings.  They are now part of Turkey.

It was here at this Great Theater that Paul stood and preached to the Ephesians.  It was in this very spot that I stood to preach on the morning of May 2, 2015.  It was a HUGE MOMENT for me!  It was very humbling.  What does one say?  Immediately I went to Paul’s letter to the Ephesians in the New Testament of the Bible.  Of course!  You say what Paul said when you stand where Paul stood!  Paul preached about the need for unity, becoming one in Christ.  I knew it was exactly the word Paul had for us today.

We had a different guide the day we were in Turkey.  He came up to me when I finished and said, “I never knew women could be preachers!”  I began to wonder….could that mean that a woman had not yet stood in this spot to preach?  I have no idea.  What I do know is this man who has led tours to this spot for years, had never seen it happen, nor did he know women like me even existed.

Again I was humbled as I remembered God’s words to me in the very beginning.  “You just be YOU.  I will take care of the rest.”  Maybe THIS MOMENT was much bigger than I will ever know.

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