The pages of my passport are filling up and I have many miles behind me piling up. I’ve seen too many breathtaking views and sunsets so far this year to count. I love to travel this earth. I love experiencing new cultures, foods, and cities. My heart is becoming full of faces and names of people that I now call my brothers and sisters. I’ve seen death cross over to life and chains fall away. There is a part of me that knows that I was made for exactly this kind of life and I grow in that more and more everyday.
But more than any of this, what I’ve been learning is: as good and exciting as this life can be, there is still something greater.
Because after a while places are just places. Cities are just another crowded space. Food is just food (whether it’s rice and bread or cevapi and gelato). And no matter your location, there is pain and brokenness on this earth.
But what I’ve found is that being in the presence of the One who overcame it, is where my heart truly rests. The words, ” you can have all this world, but give me Jesus.” is the best way I could describe my year so far. Being with my Father is the only way I will ever be satisfied and full. I could sit with Him all day long and I would lack nothing. Just give me more of Him. I can honestly say, there is no place I’d rather be.
And so, the best part of living my life out of a backpack for the year and getting to see the world is that………..it’s not the best thing.
But He is, and thats all I’ll ever truly need.
