Bridges:

During our tour of Turkey, we got to see and cross many bridges.  Many of them have been around for a long time.  Like this one, Taşköprü (English: Stone Bridge), a Roman bridge panning the Seyhan River in Adana.  This bridge was vital to ancient trade routes and, until 2007, it was one of the oldest bridges in the world to be open to motorized vehicles. It was then set for pedestrians only, now hosting social and cultural events.  This bridge is believed to have been built by Hadrain in mid second century A.D.

 

This bridge and others like it are certainly impressive.  The fact that they have lasted so many centuries is astounding.  Even more so, it boggles the mind to think about the hundreds of thousands of people who have cross this bridge for commerce, trade, travel and war.  It can only be imagined what important people have used this bridge to get from one place to another.   Did Paul use this bridge?   Of course, we don't know for sure, but since Paul is known to have traveled through this section of Turkey, there is a pretty good chance he might have.

No bridge constructed by human hands is as impressive or important as the one God built (even before this impressive bridge was built) when he spanned time and eternity to enter into this world in Jesus and to forever bridge the gap created by human sin and rebellion.

Praise God for continually building bridges to humanity, to us.