Let’s be honest, the worst part of starting a blog or creating your own website is thinking of a URL. It has to be catchy and cool, but can’t be in any form overrated, because it’s probably been taken by all college aged people who love to get their thoughts on social media in the form of ‘themusingsofawanderer’ or something hipster like that. Oh, and I already tried that one. Taken. So after WAY too long of thinking about it, I came up with ‘My Passport Soul’. Some of you may think that I should have spent a little more time thinking about it, or you are curious as to how after all that thinking I came up with that. Well, let me explain…

I love to travel. I even just love the thought of traveling, whether I actually get to do it or not. I love every part of it, minus the serious stomach bug in Istanbul (which makes for a great story). See, it kind of runs in my family. My grandfather traveled all around the world for decades, bringing home souvenirs, stories, and random bits and pieces of different languages. My sister moved to London, England when she was eighteen and lived abroad for years, traveling Europe, and parts of Eastern Asia. And so it was, in just a matter of time the travel bug would bite. And it bit, hard. Seven countries later and the desire to wander and explore has only grown.

But, beyond traveling and exploring the physical world we live in, I am also voyaging through life. Life as a flawed human being. Life as a woman of God. I’ve gone places I never thought I’d go, I’ve seen things I never thought I’d see, and I’ve been exposed to pain and joy I never thought I’d experience. But, isn’t that the point? For the glory of God, to see and do everything He has for us here. We are taking a journey through more than countries and cultures, but the very things of God. And believe it or not, I want to fill up my ‘soul Passport’ with as many experiences and people as possible in the name of Jesus.

Now, maybe my URL is lame. Maybe it really doesn’t make any sense. Maybe I was trying to be too catchy and creative, and made something up that is actually kind of pointless. But, I don’t think so. I hope that in my future musings, however many they may be, you are able to be blessed by raw and real life, lived in Jesus, good or bad. We’re all human, we’re all flawed. But, we’re all loved.