Wanderlust.
Apparently it's a thing. I never truly felt the full pull of travel until I started seriously considering dropping out of college, working and using my money to just travel the world. I wouldn't even care if I had to stay at hole-in-the-wall motels or eat cheap food. I just feel the pull of the adventurer in me. I want to explore. I want to see. I want to experience.
I want to go to the Lantern Festival in Thailand and imagine myself as Rapunzel in "Tangled."
I want to see the colorful streets of Amsterdam.
I want to be covered in color at the Holi Festival In India.
I want to take cliche photos in front of the Eiffel Tower.
I want to travel the same roads Jesus did, and visit the same places he visited.
I want to visit King's Cross Station in London and see platform 9 3/4.
I want to see the famous balcony of "Romeo and Juliet" in Verona, Italy.
I want to be in awe as I see the Island Castle in Dublin.
I want to walk the Great Wall of China and sing "I'll Make a Man Out of You" from "Mulan."
I want to visit the places that Paul wrote to in his letters to the churches in the NT.
I want to visit castles in Scotland and Ireland.
I want to go places where I have no clue what language is being spoken.
I want to learn the history of different destinations.
I want to meet new people.
I want to try new foods.
I want to travel everywhere.
I don't know what it is about my generation and the love and want for travel, but I can say that it is definitely a good thing. Traveling and seeing the world opens the door to new cultures, new people, and new adventures. Seeing the world makes a person more aware of what's around them. Whenever I go someplace new and meet people, I am humbled. I am humbled at how there are so many other people on this planet and how God created and loves all of them, even me.
I am also amazed at God's handiwork in nature as well as in the creativity of man. I once heard something from a conference I went to that gave me chills. The speaker was talking about his trip to Israel and he was describing the Temple Mount, a place where people went to worship God. He said "Imagine a place where people came because the presence of God was there. Now picture Pentecost: God is putting Himself into the believers there and telling them to go out into all the world and proclaim the Gospel. You know what I think? I think God is a wanderer. I think He is an adventurer and wants to not just be in one place but to be in many and to go with us, in us."
God is a wanderer.
How crazy cool is that? But on top of that, I think we are wanderers because we know deep down that this is not our home. We are pilgrims in this world and as such we should see ourselves as wanderers and keep that mindset until we go home to be with our Savior.
