This weekend, I’ll attend my 10 year reunion. It’s hard to believe that 10 years have passed since I graduated from high school. In some ways, it seems much longer than that.

Here are a few of life’s lessons I’ve learned in the 10 years since I graduated:

1. Never accidentally wear your wife’s blue jeans. She’ll never let you forget it.

2. The only difference between impossible & incredible is belief.

3. When the doctor performing your wife’s ultrasound says, “Hmmm…that’s interesting,” prepare yourself for some pretty incredible news!

4. The most important thing about me is what I believe.

5. You can’t come in contact with Jesus without being changed.

6. When someone says your dog is “buff”, they aren’t referring to his muscular physique.

7. The most joyful people I know are the ones who use the word “we” the most. And the loneliest people I know are the those who have no “we”, only “I.”

8. If you want to know what faith is, sing “Amazing Grace” at a nursing home or senior center and watch the expressions on the residents faces.

9. Never unload heavy wooden furniture from the damp bed of a pickup truck while wearing your mowing shoes. Trust me.

10. Jesus loves me, even though I’m a dork.

11. The greatest compliment I’ve ever been given: “Dada”.

10 years ago, if you’d have told me I’d be a youth minister with two kids, a dog, a mortgage and a mini-van, I’d have said you were crazy. Beyond that, if you told me I’d be HAPPY being a youth minister with two kids, a dog, a mortgage and a mini-van, I would’ve had you committed to the loony bin. But from where I sit, I know I couldn’t be any happier with my life. I only hope the next 10 years are as rich.