Posted on January 27, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Don’t you hate it when you find grounds in your coffee? I am not a barista or even close to being a “coffee snob,” but I imagine there can be multiple reasons for such grit in my morning java. The most common reason I’ve… Continue Reading “Choosing My Filter”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anxiety, Bitterness, Bondages, Distractions, Faith, Faith Journey, fear, Filtered, Filtered coffee, Filters, Focus, Focused, Grace, Holy Scriptures, In Christ, Jesus, lack of discipline, Mind, Negative Filters, negative outlook, Negativity, Restrictions, Scripture, Self Control, Self Discipline, shame, Spirit, Spiritual Blindness, Stuck, Thoughts, Through Christ, Truth, What is true?
Posted on January 20, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I had a professor in college who challenged all of us to be passionate . . . about anything. Throughout the semester he often said that it didn’t really matter what we were passionate about, just that we cared deeply enough about a cause,… Continue Reading “Choosing What I am Passionate About”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Affection, Affectionate, Affections, Apathy, Augustine, Beatles, Beauty, Eternal, Eternally Valuable, Eternity, Eye of the beholder, Feel Deeply, Feel Strongly, Feelings, Goodness, Got to Get You Into My Life, Greatest Good, Justice, love, Love God, Love Jesus, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, No Apathy, Ordo Amoris, Passion, Passionate, Passionate love, Rightly Ordered Loves, Strong Feelings, Valuable, Worthy, Worthy of Love
Posted on January 13, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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For as far back as I can remember, I have known the words to the old hymn: Amazing Grace. But the truly amazing thing is how long it has taken me to understand them. The lyrics were written by John Newton, an Anglican minister,… Continue Reading “Choosing to Accept an Unlikely Rescue”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Amazing Grace, Condemnation, Condemned, Damn you, Damned, Dirty Rotten Sinner, Extend Grace, Fair, Fair Play, Fairness, Faith, Forgiven, Gift, Good News, Gospel, Grace, Gracious, Humble, Humility, hymns, Jesus, John Newton, Just, Justice, Let Go, love, Nano threads, Receive Grace, Release, Released, Rescue, Rescued, Right, Salvation, Saved, Self Righteous, Self-Righteousness, Sinner, Undeserved Favor, Undeserved Gift, Unforgiven, Unforgiveness
The word “forever” can be interpreted differently depending on what a person wants. A couple reciting their marriage vows might intend the meaning to be “as long as I shall live” or “until things get too difficult.” A child who claims to have a… Continue Reading “Choosing Where I Put My Faith, Hope, and Love”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Always, Believing, Eternal Life, Eternity, Everlasting Life, Faith, Faith Hope Love, Forever, Heavenly Treasures, Hope, Infinity, Life investment, Live forever, love, My Treasures, My Wellbeing, Never Ending, No End, Perennial, Perpetual Life, Trust, Trust God, Trust Jesus, Undying, Unending, Unending life, What has my heart, Where my treasures are
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