RE:Me - Faith & Healing

Welcome!

Hopefully you're either one of my friends or are genuinely interested or just stumbled upon this blog by accident haha. In any case, I am glad you're here!...I hope to just ask questions, incite discussion, engage one another, but most importantly use this blog to pour out love, hope, and faith!

**Notice: Along the way I hope to update both the format and content of this cite and make it more intentional. That's what I want this to become, an intentional place to share, encourage, communicate and connect through our joys, pain, blessings, hardships, and faith or even lack thereof. But I need your help, input, thoughtful words, and wisdom to accomplish this!

So, I am playing around with calling this re-launch of my blog "RE:Me" as is referenced in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things become new." Any thoughts or alternate ideas you may have, I really hope you share them...because I know that I am not always the most creative. But I thought that this is relevant for a few reasons:

1. This is a NEW blog the old one has "passed away", its outdated. And being new can offer a fresh start, a clean slate.

2. As a christian, how can this possibly be more encouraging!? We are new creatures! If we are in Christ, old things have passed away, and ALL things become new!

3. Its about being honest, admitting our mistakes, past transgressions, owning it, and pressing on in faith.

I snapped this picture this past week because it honestly and practically shows how the growing pains I and we often go thru.

Often times we feel broken, hurt, dented, or cracked. There are weeds that so easily entangle us. Things effect us both positively and negatively. I am super guilty of this, and all too often letting affect my mood, communication with friends and family, interacctions, and relationships.

But, through the brokenness, God is continually working. I also need to confess that, I shamefully do not always have the strongest faith when it comes to believing this. There's a difference between knowing and believing. 

But beauty, growth, and NEWness can come from brokenness. What are your "old things"? And while this beauty and growth should be encouraging, we should be aware that it can sometimes occur during moments or periods of discomfort, pain, and tears. 

The outcome, however, should keep us hoping for what is unseen...the beautiful unfolding of the flower in the crack. The truth is that we are RE:made. We are a new creation, and if our faith is as big as our God, then sit back and watch what can grow in between the brokenness.

faith. hope. love.

 

2015 Stanley Cup Predictions

So this year we are gain having the Arron Reinard Stanley Cup Playoff Challenge.

It goes like this...myself, my friend Arraon and some friends he knows predict the winners of each round of the playoffs. The person with the most correct predictions wins. In the past there has been a point system associated with each round to help dtermine the winner.

This year we posted our picks on fb mainly because it was more convenient. 

Correct picks are in BOLD

Matt 
RD 1 - East: Rangers in 5, Canadians in 6, Islanders in 7, Tampa Bay in 6 
           West: Ducks in 5, Canucks in 7, Wild in 7, Predators in 7
RD 2 - East: Rangers in 7, Canadians in 7
            West: Hawks in 6, Ducks in 7
RD 3 - Hawks in 6, Rangers in 7

CHAMP: Hawks in 7

      

Randy

RD 1 - East: Canadians, Rangers, Capitals, and Lightning
            West: Blackhawks, Blues, Flames, and Jets
RD 2 - East: Canadians, Rangers
            West: Wild, Flames
RD 3 - Rangers v Ducks

CHAMP: Lightning

Mike
RD 1 - East - Senators (6), Lightning (6), Rangers (5), Caps (7)

            West - Wild (7), Hawks (6), Ducks (6), Canucks (5)

RD 2 - East: Lightning, Rangers
            West: Hawks, Ducks
RD 3 - Ducks (7) v Lightning (6)

CHAMP: Hawks

Aaron
RD 1 -  East - Canadians, Lightning, Rangers, Islanders

            West - Wild (6), Hawks (6), Ducks (7), Flames (6)

RD 2 - East: Rangers, Canadians
            West: Ducks, Wild
RD 3 - Lightning v Ducks

CHAMP: Lightning in 6

Jeff
RD 1 - East - Senators (7), Lightning (6), Rangers (7), Caps (7)

          West - Blues, Hawks, Ducks, Flames

RD 2 -East - Rangers (6), Lightning (7)
          West - Ducks (6), Hawks (7)

RD 3 - Rangers (7) vs Hawks (7)

CHAMP: Hawks in 6

Aarons Notes:

After round 1 here's how I see it correct me if I"m wrong. Jeff got 6 of 8 missing on Sens and Blues. Mike got 6 missing on the Canucks and sens. Randy got 6 of 8 missing on the Jets and Blues Matt got 5 of 8 missing on Isles, Canucks and Preds and for the first time (I think) in forever.....I won round 1 picks.....with 7 for 8 missing only on the Isles. 

Also I think this was the best first round picks we've all ever made collectively. Like.....no one really really sucked (that's usually me). Good job boys.

Here is how the points shake out:
Matt - 10
Randy - 8
Mike - 12
Aaron - 10
Jeff -  12

You can say it was a split. But I did correctly guess the Cup winner and the correct amount of games it'd take. I love doing this every year, mainly because I do not get to watch as much hockey as I would like, but I love the game. There isnt many other playoffs that are more exciting than the NHL. Til next year folks!