Category: Daily Choices
Posted on February 5, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was 19 years old working a summer job between college semesters painting our little town’s city hall. It was a season of experiencing new life in my spiritual walk with Jesus. One day, I was overjoyed to have a conversation with a local… Continue Reading “Choosing Hard Conversations”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Be Reconciled, Care enough to speak up, Caring Words, Christ-like Behavior, Confrontation, Courage, Courage to remain silent, Courage to speak, Defensiveness, Finding my voice, Gentle Words, Hard conversations, Healthy Conversations, Humble Heart, Humility, Hurtful Words, Keep the Peace, Listen well, Loving Conversations, Loving Words, No Hiding, Real Love, Reconciliation, Risk, Risky Love, Slow to speak, Speak the truth in love, Speak Up, Take the risk, Thoughtful Response
Posted on January 29, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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“I’m so disappointed,” the young man said to me. “I came here wanting to experience God’s love. But I have felt nothing new. This has been a waste of my time.” I was interviewing one of our discipleship students as the program was winding… Continue Reading “Choosing to Need Forgiveness”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Arrogance, Blind Spots, Encountering God, forgive, Forgiven, Forgiven Little, Forgiven Much, forgiveness, Help Me!, Helpless, Humble, Humble Myself, Humility, I am a sinner, I have sinned, I Need a Savior, I Need God, I need help, Independence, love, Love of God, Need a Savior, Need help, Need to be Rescued, Pride, Rescued, Rescuer, Respectable Sinner, Save me, Savior, Self-Righteousness, Self-sufficiency, sin, Sinner, Spiritual Pride
Posted on January 22, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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It’s a classic idea for a romance story. A prince, a princess, or a wealthy heir for some reason goes undercover and lives as an ordinary, unassuming character. In the course of everyday life, someone gets to know the royal or moneyed individual as… Continue Reading “Choosing to See Glory Next Door”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Children of God, CS Lewis, Daughters of God, Eternal, Eternal Glory, Eternal Inheritance, Eternity, Fame, Famous, Famous with God, Glorified with Christ, Glorious Future, Glory, God sees me, God's Approval, Heavenly Applause, Hidden Identiy, Hope, Hope of Glory, Love Story, No ordinary people, Prince, Princess, Seek first His Kingdom, Shared Glory, Sons of God, The Weight of Glory, Unfading Glory, Unimaginable Glory, Well done good and faithful servant
Posted on January 15, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Newer is almost always better than older. This is especially true with technology and when deciding what leftovers in the refrigerator to eat. New cars with lower mileage, for example, are almost always preferable to the old ones. Almost. There are the vehicles considered… Continue Reading “Choosing the Ancient Way”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Ancient of Days, Ancient Scripture, Biblical Documents, Biblical Texts, Dead Sea Scrolls, Essenes, Old Things, Qumran, Reliability of the Bible, The Ancient Way, The Bible
I chaperoned a field trip for my daughter’s elementary school class years ago. We went to San Antonio, Texas and toured the Alamo Mission. Having lived in Texas for several years by that time, the history of the place was already familiar. As part… Continue Reading “Choosing to Surrender”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Acquiesce, Alfred the Great, Battle of Edington, Capitulate, Concede, Defying God, Disregard for God, Give Up, Giving Up, Guthrum, Humble Yourself, Opposing God, Raising the White Flag, Rebellion against God, Remember the Alamo, Resisting God, Submit, Surrender, Surrender to God, The Alamo, The White Flag, Throw in the towel, Vikings, Yield
Posted on January 1, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I didn’t grow up believing in Santa Claus. But as a child, I still enjoyed the image he provided for a special and “magical” season. It wasn’t until I became an adult that I made the connection between Santa and Saint Nicholas. And it… Continue Reading “Choosing a Jolly New Year!”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 12 Days of Christmas, Christian Example, Examples for Living, generosity, Gift Giver, Happy New Year, Holiness, Legend of Saint Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Saints, Santa Claus
Posted on December 25, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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At the beginning of my senior year in high school, my family moved to another state. It was difficult for many reasons. The hardest one was that I was leaving a girlfriend (who would eventually become my wife). This was back before the internet… Continue Reading “Choosing an EMMANUEL Christmas”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Advent, Advent Season, Baby Jesus, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas Gift, Emanuel, Emmanuel, Gifts, God Incarnated, God With Us, God's Presence, His name is called Emmanuel, Holy NIght, In the flesh, In the Manger, Jesus, Personal Visit, Presence, Present, The best gift, The Best Present, The Incarnation
Posted on December 18, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Christmas stirs my imagination. Not only can I endlessly ponder the significance of our eternal God becoming a full-fledged human, I am intrigued by the variety of responses in the Bible to this event: Bethlehem shepherds awestruck by an angelic light show; Nazareth residents… Continue Reading “Choosing the Original Christmas Tradition”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Baby Jesus, Best Tradition, Born in a Manger, Christmas, Christmas Story, Christmas Tradition, Christmas Traditions, Follow the Star, Frankincense, Gift Giving, Giving Presents, Gold, Holy NIght, King Jesus, King Makers, King of Kings, Magi, Meaning of Christmas, More than Santa, Myrrh, Salvation, Seeking Jesus, Star of Bethlehem, Star of the East, The 3 Magi, The 3 Wise Men, The Best Present, The Magi, The Real Christmas Story, The True King, The Wise Men, Wise Men
Posted on December 11, 2023
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 the Order of My Affections”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Affection, Affections, Beauty, Confused, Confused Passions, Deep Feelings, Emotion, Emotions, Eternal Value, Eternal Values, Eternity, Feelings, Goodness, Justice, love, Loving, Misdirected Passions, Order of Affections, Ordered Loves, Ordo Amoris, Passion, Passionate, Passions, Rightly Ordered Loves, Saint Augustine, Sentiment, Sentiments
Posted on December 4, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Many years ago I read a slim little book by a Chinese pastor known as Watchman Nee. It was a study of of the Biblical book of Ephesians. It is called Sit, Walk, Stand, and I have referred to it many times since. SIT He… Continue Reading “Choosing to Hold My Ground”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Alert, Defiance, Don't give up, Don't back down, Faith, Hold fast, No, Not giving up, Obedience, Obedience to God, Obedience to Jesus, Perseverance, Push back, Resist, resisting, Resisting Satan, Resisting the devil, Say no, Spiritual Warfare, Stand up, Strong faith, Take your stand, Taking my stand, Unwavering, Watchman Nee
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