“Experience is the best teacher.” I have heard this statement in multiple forms over the years and can attest to the truth it contains. There are some life lessons it seems cannot be taught from a book or a lecture. How does a person… Continue Reading “Choosing to Learn from Others”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Advice, Arrogance, Arrogant, Authority, Become wise, Biographies, Counsel, Discernment, Education, Experience, Faith, Fear of the Lord, God, Heavenly Father, Hope, Humility, In-grown, Isolation, Jesus Christ, Learn, Learning, Listen, Listening, love, Pride, Proudful, Reflect, Reflection, Salvation, Stories, Talk less, Wisdom, Wise, Wise Counsel
Tension between siblings has been around for a long time. Movies love this theme: Mufasa versus Scar in The Lion King; Thor versus Loki in the Marvel Universe; Michael versus Fredo in The Godfather Part 2; Tommy versus Brendan in Warrior. Legends say that… Continue Reading “Choosing to be a Good Big Brother”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Accusations, Accusing, Annoying, Arrogance, Brothers, Buddies, David and Goliath, Envious, Envy, Faith, Family Fights, Family Issues, God, Hope, Humility, Immature, Insecure, Jesus Christ, judging, love, Older Siblings, Pride, Salvation, Sibling Rivalry, Siblings, Undeserving, Younger Siblings
Posted on September 22, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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It’s a simple but often maligned and misunderstood word. To be considered humble is a compliment for some and an insult for others. It’s frequently associated with being soft spoken, self-deprecating, and wallowing in low self-esteem. While many people consider it a virtue of… Continue Reading “Choosing to Empty Myself”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Admitting I'm wrong, Apologize, Apology, Arrogance, Arrogant, Bible, biblical, choice, choices, Christ, Christian, Christian Virtue, Emptied, Faith, Feelings, Follower of Jesus, Full of Myself, God, Hope, Humble, Humility, Jesus, love, Low self-esteem, Meek, Meekness, Not a feeling, Pride, Proud, Reality, Salvation, Self-Esteem, Surrender, Surrendered Life, Trust God, Truth, Virtures
I had a short stint running track when I was in middle school. It was enjoyable until the coach put me in an 800 meter race that I had not prepared for. As a sprinter, I applied what I knew and started out strong.… Continue Reading “Choosing a Strong Finish”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Arrogance, bad choices, Choose Justice, Choose Righteousness, Chosen, Completion, Don't Stop, Endure, Endure to the end, Faith, Finish Well, Finishing Strong, Forgivness, God's Way, good choices, Hope, Hubris, Humility, Living well, love, Love Mercy, Persevere, Pride, Refusing to learn, Resisting God, Thanks, Thanksgiving, The End, Walk Humbly
I have worked with some people over the years with serious pride issues. Surely you know the type I’m talking about. They see and hear only what they want and leave room for little to no outside input into their work, their projects, their… Continue Reading “Choosing to See IT in Me”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 7 Deadly Sins, Arrogance, Blinded, Blindness, conceit, Control, Control the narrative, distorted view, ego, ego-trip, egoism, Hubris, Humble, Humility, Insolence, my value, Narcissism, Narcissist, Open Eyes, Original Sin, Presumption, pretension, Pride, Proud, Self-importance, self-love, Self-pity, sin, Sin of sins, Sinner, smug, smugness, snob, Thinking too highly of myself, vanity
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 March 22, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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All through my early years I saw myself as a humble man. The fallacy of that image was exposed the day I was informed that the one-on-one, who I understood would be my “mentor” in the YWAM training program was a single, 19-year-old kid.… Continue Reading “Choosing to Be Taught”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Arrogance, Arrogant, Childlike, Humble, Humility, Instruction, Learn, Learner, Pride, Proud, Teachable
Posted on March 8, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I have worked with some people over the years with serious pride issues. Surely you know the type I’m talking about. They see and hear only what they want and leave room for little to no outside input into their work, their projects, their… Continue Reading “Choosing to Humble My Pride”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 7-Deadly Sin, Arrogance, Blindness, Humility, Original Sin, Pride, Right View of Myself, Seeing Myself, Self-Esteem, Self-Image, sin, Spiritual Blindness
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