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The Real Win

Its been a while, I'm currently adapting to Ogden, UT and the team I'm playing for here, the Mustangs. By the time I post this we on a hot streek of winning 10 straight games, but I want to talk about the Real Win.
   Yes, I kinda stole that from the book I'm reading for my by-weekly FCA Discipleship calls, The Real Win By Colt McCoy, but it's one relevant book. Success may look good for a hot streek team and gives us a comfort of stability; But now if the team was on a losing streek, nothing would be stable and things will be shifting daily trying to reach for that success. But the real question should be is in either one of these's sittuations, how would a you feel? Happy, mad, content or stressed?
 
These are normal human emotions but if we use these in a aspect of how we feel about success, then where unstable ourselves. There's a verse I found in this book about leaning on 'The Rock' and finding a peace mind, "You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock."
Isaiah 26:3‭-‬4 NLT
 
Meaning no matter what happens during the game, it shouldn't give us a bipolar effect in our life. I myself have been working on this through the ups and downs of seasons and it's not a easy thing. It's a every day, every moment choice to truly trust what God is doing and understand that we don't control anything but ourself.

  To add, I'm truly blessed to call Ogden home for a season. It has grown me not only hockey wise, but truly learning how to connect to a community; including the local Christian's and church's. I pray that God keeps a hunger in me to help people, spreading his message of hope and keep maturing into a man of God. I believe that's the true win I'm after... but winning hockey games are nice too.

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