Let’s go on an adventure! 

Oh, how I love to get in the car and drive. I could drive around my city, through the country, or get on the highway and just go. I long for the fall weather and the changing of the leaves. To me, this signals windows down cruising to wherever the road leads. That said, it could also be the adventure of a new job, meeting new people, trying new food, or just sitting still while I write the next blog. Whatever adventure means in the moment I am all in! 

Deep in my soul, I feel that a new adventure has begun, and when choosing a picture to go with this blog, I had to choose the VW Bus. Fun fact, it is the one vehicle I would love to own one day. I would love to have one to take on the road, to explore the open road and all it has to offer. If the bus was refurbished to include all the necessities to glamp, I would be extra excited. I would, however, preserve the exterior. Some people swoon when they see that sleek sports cars or their favorite SUV, not me. When I see that chrome VW on the front and those iconic chrome hubcaps I am done. Pick me up and take me on a drive! 

Back in the day when I was little, my parents owned a VW bus that was lima bean green with a white camper top. I vividly remember taking it camping and I was old enough to sleep in the loft area. That was the moment I was done. Yet, we didn’t seem to keep that vehicle. Something about there being no heater and my baby sister being cold. Regardless, I think we all have those memories of something from our childhood that we wish our parents would have kept, or we would have kept had we known what the value today would be. So until the day I own my bus, I must keep adventuring the best way I know how…down the road!

What is up next you ask? I am not sure, but the one thing I do know is that I have been feeling the urge to adventure for most of the year. I have started a new job back in education and that has been hard and beautiful all wrapped up in a classroom. The kids and the people I get to be with daily are precious! That being said, 7th and 8th graders can be unpredictable and you can bet there is some sort of adventure in that building daily! Am I good with just that adventure? No way! I know that I will continue down the road of life, meeting new people and continuing to share my story. 

You see, each time I share my story it becomes its own adventure. I never know which way my Heavenly Father is going to lead my conversation. I always pray that my words are His because He knows the people I am going to be connecting with and what they need to hear way better than I do. Guess what? Every time, He meets me right where I am and He gives me the words I need to say. Sometimes I can prepare ahead of time and other times it feels like I just jumped into a stray VW bus and I am making it up on the fly! Either way, He is always glorified in my story. He is glorified because He is good even when life isn’t. More than that, I know at a deeper level than I did 3 years ago that He is doing a good work in me and will carry it out until it is completed!  

So, if you are feeling brave or even if you aren’t, go on an adventure. It could be as close as having a conversation with your neighbor or as far away as across the world from where you live. Regardless, just go, and when you go make space in your adventure to allow God to use you. Allow quiet space to be able to hear and listen to His still small voice leading and guiding you. 

Let’s go on an adventure!