Oh the places you'll go

Oh the places you'll go, the wonderful sights to be seen, the gracious people you'll meet, the wonderful food you'll eat, the great experiences to be had, life lessons out of the blue, finding new things in new places high and low, Oh the places you'll go! Oh the places you'll leave. The sights will be gone the people will be a long distance away, the food missed everyday, only mere memories of your experiences that outlined your existence there, going back to the same ol' same ol'. But the lessons..the life lessons that have changed you molded you, kept you thinking, made you wonder, question, and analyze, they never die.

Soon I won't be here anymore in one day I leave this country and go to another one, a week from now I completely leave Europe altogether. I've never left a place feeling more challenged and more aware. These are good things and I am excited to share these things with people. But there is a tug at my heart and I can't quite explain it. I don't want to leave, I want to stay, I want to learn and be more aware, and be even more challenged I want to see with clearer eyes. I want to be bold, I want to speak the words of Life to the people boldly like Paul writes to the Ephesians, but I don't want to speak foolishly. I want to have many friends that I can laugh with, and when we see one another it is always a welcome sight.

In a week, 7 days, I will be gone, just like that. I keep in mind that there is a time for all things to come and to pass but it's hard to leave. I am so ready to see my family to hug them and speak to them face to face because I love them so much and have missed them. However, I feel God kneading me out like dough so that I can work the way He would have it, I can feel it. It is an incredible feeling and I want to feel it always I never want to grow immune to it because I know it is my Father who is calling my name and man, I love my Father.

Oh the places you'll go, Oh the places you'll leave, Oh the places He will lead you, and Oh the life He will give you. Leaving this place is not the end of my journey here, but a part of it. I plan to come back again next summer, and I am thrilled. But until then God has need for me elsewhere and I follow my Father's voice, until He calls me home. So America, I'm coming back, a new person, hopefully a better person. I'm coming back because those are the orders of my Father, and I know what He has for me will be great if I just open my eyes and see.

Oh the places you'll go.

All to God