Don’t get me wrong: I’m completely crazy about Jesus and do everything within the Power of Grayskull to live for Him. But, I still feel like a regular joe experiencing life one day at a time, working to find contentment in everything God sends my way. Looking back over this year, it stands out to me that I’ve said and/or thought something along the lines of, “I’m loving life right now” more times than in any other year since we lost my sister in 2005. Maybe the Realty of a reunion in Heaven is becoming that much more…realistic to me. I don’t think that makes me spiritual, but it does make me happy.
So, in the spirit of holiday thankfulness, I thought I’d compile a random, probably-half-completed, no-specific-order kinda list of the (mostly) unspiritual things that have brought me the greatest amount of happiness during 2010. Here they are:
My wife. Pepsi Max. Watching the Colts win. Watching the Colts lose (anything with a Blue horseshoe makes me happy). Wrestling with my son. Bacon. Wearing my uniform. Books on the culture’s rejection of irrelevance. The Office. Tickling my baby boy. Madden and LOTRO. Reading Dan Brown books. Calling Dan Brown a heretic. Tuesday mornings with a good friend. Friday nights with a hot wife. Little Debbie. Going deeper in God’s Word. Droid, ping.fm, and Google. Jesus-lovers who want what I want. The Smokey Mountains. Medical insurance. 3 Musketeers (lots of them). Fires. Seeing new Believers come on fire for Jesus. Criminal Minds. Podcasts. Spending money on my wife. Spending money on my niece. Third Day, Brad Paisley, & Bob Seger. Lemon cake. Mom & Dad. CS Lewis. 1st Timothy. Groundhog Day.
Make a list of your own. It doesn’t have to be “spiritual.” Most of us don’t even know what that means anyway. Just graciously give credit where credit’s due. (see James 1.17)
“Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.” –1 Tim 6.6 (NLT)
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