Life is not measured in minutes. It’s measure in moments. And it’s so important to take those memories captive. I think it’s one dimension of II Corinthians 10:5. We tend to remember what we should forget and forget what we should remember. The way we counteract that is by journaling and conversing about those moments so they get ingrained in our memory banks. There is an old adage: the shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory. That’s why it’s so important to write down anything worth remembering. Over the past 24 hours, I’ve reread my gratitude journal and blog and come up with the 25 moments worth remembering in 2010. Here they are in chronological order. It’s a mixture of family and ministry memories.
#25 Sledding at the Capitol with the kids during Snowmaggedon
#24 1st All Church Celebration at Lincoln Theater
#23 Landing the Gala Theater as our 4th location
#22 Lora’s trip to London for Hillsong Colour Conference
#21 Tubing, swimming & playing games as a family at Lake Anna cabin
#20 The middle of the night drive to and from Lake Anna
#19 Celebrating anniversary with Lora in Chicago. Five slices of Gino’s pizza!
#18 Every genuine thank you from my kids. Seeing them grow in gratitude is pure joy!
#17 Even though race was canceled, training for and attempting Escape from Alcatraz with Summer.
#16 Eating mini-donuts and watching sea lions on Pier 39 in San Fran with Summer.
#15 Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu with Parker
#14 Phone call from phone booth in Aguas Caliente discovering we got Virginia Ave property.
#13 Play & Pray retreat with staff at Osprey Point.
#12 Watching the fireworks from rooftop of new house on the 4th of July
#11 Signing book contract with Zondervan
#10 A $500,000 check, in addition to $3 million already given, passed across dinner table to purchase Virginia Ave property debt-free.
#9 Hiking to Inspiration Point in Grand Tetons with family
#8 Seeing first bison at Yellowstone and staying at Old Faithful Inn
#7 Hiking Horsetooth Peak with Dick Foth and Parker
#6 Listening to the kids laugh at old Cosby videos as we drove across Wyoming
#5 Fractured Prune Donuts at Rehoboth Beach, DE
#4 Launching 6th location at Potomac Yard
#3 Shaking hands with Brett Favre & speaking at Vikings Chapel
#2 Snow Tubing at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis with Josiah
#1 Dinner at Tony Cheng’s in Chinatown every New Year’s Eve
