Category: Daily Choices
Several years ago, I assisted two of my grandchildren in making a craft/snack project. With the help of their grandmother, we made little “bird nests” out of peanut butter, chocolate, and crunchy chow mein noodles. As a final touch, we placed three colorful jellybeans… Continue Reading “Choosing to Wait for the Blessing”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Blessed, Comfort, Controlled by the Spirit, Delayed Gratification, Endurance, Endure, Future Blessing, Future Glory, Future Good, Future Hope, Have Patience, Hope, I give up, I want it now, It's coming, Joy comes in the morning, Keep going, Long Suffering, Long-Term Thinking, Meek, Merciful, mourning, Patience, peacemakers, Perseverance, Persevere, poor in spirit, Promises, Promises of God, promises of Jesus, Pure in heart, Resolution, Self-Control, Short-sighted, The Beatitudes, Tired of waiting, Wait, Wait for it, Waited long enough, Why wait?
Posted on February 26, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Perhaps you’ve seen the presentation before. Someone asks you to tell them what you see on the screen. You look, and there is a single black dot in the middle. That is all. The presenter then asks if there is anything more. Once you… Continue Reading “Choosing to See Things in a New Way”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Big Picture, Bigger Picture, Blind, Clarity, Confused, Don't know which way to go, Eternal Perspective, Eyes open, Forward movement, Frame, God's Perspective, God's Ways, Guidance, Guidance from God, Hope, Humility, Long-Term, Moving Forward, New Perspective, New Sight, New Vision, Open Eyes, Perspective, Quick solutions, Reframe, Reframing, Short-term perspective, Solutions, Solve the problem, Stuck, Unstuck, Wise question, Wise voice
Posted on February 19, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a child, I remember when my Sunday school knowledge about God and the Bible became dull and simple. I was a jaded 12-year-old, having grown up saturated with what felt like dry, moralistic lessons drawn from the pages of scripture. The words faith,… Continue Reading “Choosing to “Know” Less”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Beginnings, Believe, boredom, Childlike, Childlikeness, Children, Discipleship, Enjoy, Faith, Faith Fundamentals, Faith Hope Love, forgive, Godliness, Growing with God, Hope, Humility, Intimacy with Jesus, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Knowledge, Learn, Like a Child, love, Maturity, Respond to love, Simple, Sunday school, The Basics, Trust, Wisdom
Posted on February 12, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Valentine’s Day was that time of the year, when as a child I thought I would discover who truly liked me. At school, little pre-printed cards were distributed by each classmate that typically said something like, “Be My Valentine,” or “Be mine.” Some even… Continue Reading “Choosing to Make It Real”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Affection, Affection for you, Attraction, Be Mine, Be my Valentine, Choosing to love, Desire, Falling in Love, Falling out of Love, February 14th, Feelings, giving, Giving and taking, I Love You, I want you, love, Love is a choice, Please Love Me, Real Love, Romance, Romantic, Romantic Attraction, Romantic Love, Saint Valentine, Sentiment, Sentiments, sex, Sexy, Sweet Affection, Tender Love, That Certain Feeling, Valentine, Valentine's Day
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
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