God's been teaching me too much to share all the details with you. I'd like to, really I would. It's not that I'm being a snob and hording all the intel for myself. Really. It's just that I can't even wrap my mind around all of it, yet alone explain it to someone else. Maybe you live near me and we can grab a cup o' joe at the Perk and try to figure it out together...but on the off chance that never happens, here are some nuggets to chew on:

1. We need to stop focusing so much on God's will for our lives. You can't be serious! Ah, but I can! This is a concept from Francis Chan's new book, "Forgotten God" that I find fascinating. The point is that God's will for your life is to follow what He's telling you to do that day. Don't worry about what's going to happen a year or 20 from now. Just know that He's got things He wants to do through you TODAY. Listen. Follow. Act. Sleep. Repeat.

2. Recognize what you've been blessed with. Always. We have a tendency to focus on what we don't have and ignore all that we do have. Seriously, I think this could flip your life upside down. Truth is, you may get 10 compliments about something and then someone comes along and tells you they think you stink. What do you focus on? And when you're freaking about life not going the way you planned, or even just your day not going as planned, instead of being Negative Nancy or a Grumpy Gus, try thinking through all the good things in your life. You know, like being able to breathe. Steak. Friends. Family. A house. A car. Oh...and grace. Follow Irving Berlin's advice and count your blessings instead of sheep when you're worried and can't sleep. Try it for 30 days straight and just see if you don't smile more and live a longer life.

3. The majority of Christians are totally missing out. For some stupid reason, we don't like to talk about the "Holy Spirit" very much. Mention God and most people aren't too offended. Mention Jesus, and a lot of people feel uncomfortable. But to mention the Holy Spirit really freaks people out. I mean, the HS is only for whacked out, overly charismatic freaks who mess with snake handling and spin around in circles speaking in tongues and then collapse on the floor for no "known" reason, right? Not quite. The Bible talks about the HS over and over and over. He's part of God, so don't write Him off. Before Jesus left this earth, He said that it was better for Him to go away so that we could all get this incredible gift of the Holy Spirit. Really? You're telling me that it's better for Jesus to go away and the HS to come instead? Yeah. Because Jesus was God living with us while the HS is God living in us. I'm telling you, if you've ignored the whole "Holy Spirit" thing because you think it's freaky, not only are you ignoring a HUGE part of God (not a good thing to do), but you're missing out on being led, comforted and empowered by God.

I could go on, but I think I'd run the risk of a bunch of you checking out so I'll stop.

Hope you have an amazingly swell day.