30 Things

Thirty things I've learn in thirty years (no specific order):

1) When you have kids, there's nothing worth sticking your hand in between the car seats to retrieve. Let it go!

2) Marriage works out better when you talk things out.

3) The Lord of the Rings is the greatest storyline ever written. Watch these movies.

4) Hollywood should have stopped with Crocodile Dundee II and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Don't watch the movies that follow these two.

5) It's less embarrassing to have braces when you are a teenager than at thirty.

6) There isn't anything girly about Toms or Chacos. (Okay, there might be, but it's not a proven fact...yet.)

7) A preacher's poop stinks too. (Although they tell us this, we don't listen until they let us down.)

8) With contentment, you can have whatever you want.

9) Good coffee and great friends does amazing things for the soul.

10) Friends come and go with the different seasons in your life.

11) No characters in sitcoms sit around and watch television all day. Most of the time, there isn't even a television as a prompt.

12) Never buy a cheap weed-eater. If you do, you'll end up buying two and you could have bought the good one in the first place.

13) The Church is beautiful. Jesus wouldn't pick an ugly wife.

14) If you wear a sweater vest, you only have to iron your sleeves.

15) You can impress God, but not by trying.

16) My mother-in-law does amazing things with meatloaf. Ordinary things can be made extraordinary.

17) I save a lot of time, energy, and money, if I let my father-in-law fix it first. (And that's his time, energy, and money.) Surround yourself with people who know what they are doing.

18) A lot of what we feel to be is our calling comes from egotism. Calling should come from humility, love, and passion.

19) There's not much better than a good laugh. There's no sweeter sound than your children's laughter.

20) If you think your fingers might stink, don't smell them no matter what. Just wash your hands.

21) Walmart is actually the final frontier and a black hole at the same time.

22) Men need to step up.

23) Enjoy your wife. Don't try to control her. You don't have a bigger supporter or friend on this earth and one day she'll change your catheter.

24) The Today Show is like a gazillion times better than Good Morning America.

25) Besides your relationship with Christ, there isn't anything better to invest your time in than your wife and kids when they are young.

26) Appropriate silence goes farther than untimely words.

27) Encouragement goes a long way. Unfortunately, discouragement goes farther. Encourage.

28) Too much hype leads to disappointment.

29) Beat the sunrise up. You won't be disappointed.

30) Jesus is Lord. Learning everyday what this means.