Posted on January 12, 2026
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I’ve written about this before: I’m color blind. It’s not severe, but it does prevent me from seeing some things. Certain shades of greens and reds or blues and purples are difficult and sometimes impossible for me to distinguish. More than once everyone around… Continue Reading “Choosing to See What I Can’t See”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Admit you're wrong, Ask for help, Blind, Blind Spots, Can't See, Color Blind, Community, Faith, Healthy Community, Help, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humble, Humility, I confess, Jesus, Joy, Lost, love, Need help, Peace, Pride, Proudful, Salvation, See, Seeing, Sight, Spiritual Blindness, Word of God
I traveled quite a bit when my children were young. I led outreach teams to foreign countries and could be gone for several weeks at a time. We didn’t have a lot of money, and so when it came to bringing gifts home to… Continue Reading “Choosing Treasure Not Easily Seen”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appetities, Blind, Can't See, Christ, Dividends, Eternal, Eternal Dividends, Eternally Wealthy, Eternity, Faith, Future, God, Happiness, Happy, Heavenly Father, Hidden Treasure, Hidden Value, Hidden Values, Holy Spirit, Hope, I can't see, Immediate Gratification, Invest, Investments, Jesus, love, Open Eyes, Physical Appetites, Redeem, Redemption, Salvation, See, Seeing Eyes, Self Indulgment, short-term, Short-Term Happiness, Short-term mindset, Temporal Pleasure, Treasure, True Wealth, Values, Wealth
Not too long ago I had a conversation with a person who struggles with addiction. He told me how he has a goal of developing more self discipline in his life. But he finds that he always fails in his efforts. He feels that… Continue Reading “Choosing How I See God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Attitude, Attitude Change, Blind, Blind to God, Change, Change My Mind, Closed Eyes, Despair, Desperate, Desperate for change, Desperation, Discomfort, Do it myself, Eternal Hope, Eyes Wide Open, Frustration, Hope, Humility, Misery, More Information, New Perspective, Open Eyes, Passion of Christ, Rewards of suffering, Seeing God, Stubborn, Stubborness, Suffering, Sufferings of Jesus, Wrestling with Addiction, Wrong view of God
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 September 11, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was five years old when I had my tonsils removed. Medical concerns and procedures were different back then. They had me spend the night before surgery in the hospital. I remember my initial impression was that of getting to do a sleep over… Continue Reading “Choosing to TRUST in the Dark”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Blind, Confusion, Dark place, Disoriented, God is Good, God is Light, God's Light, Holding God's Hand, Hope, Hope in dark times, I can't see, Light, Light at the end of the tunnel, Light in the Darkness, Light of Christ, Making my own light, My own light, No fear, Rely on God, Self Reliance, Self Righteousness, Trust, Trust God, Trust Jesus, Trusting when it's dark, Voice of God, Voice of Jesus, Walking in darkness, When I am afraid, When there's no light
My cousin and I had started a window-washing service as our summer job between college semesters. We figured we could make easy money with our pails and squeegees catering to the affluent Los Angeles suburbs. I didn’t mind the washing part. But knocking on… Continue Reading “Choosing a Clear Eye”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Assuming, Awake, Belief, Beliefs, Believe, Blind, Blinded, Darkness, Deceived, Deception, Disinformation, Duped, Focus, God's Perspective, Lies, Light, Misinformation, Presuming, Presumption, Reality, See, Seeing, Seeing what's true, Sight, Spiritual Sight, Tricked, Truth, Wake up
Posted on May 16, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was five years old when I had my tonsils removed. A lot of medical concerns and procedures were different back then. They had me spend the night before surgery in the hospital. I remember my initial impression was that of getting to do… Continue Reading “Choosing Well . . . in the Dark”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Alone, Artificial Light, Blind, Blindness, Comforter, Confused, Confusion, Control, Dark, Darkness, Fa;lse Light, God is Light, God's Voice, Light, Light in the Darkness, Loneliness, Night, Nighttime, Out of Control, Redeemer, Rescuer, Savior, Spiritual Blindness, Take God's Hand, Trust, Trusting in God, Trusting in Jesus, Voice of God
Posted on December 13, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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When I realized what was next to me, I flattened myself against the side of the house in shock. I kept telling myself that this couldn’t be real. Things like this don’t happen here. My cousin and I had started a window-washing service as… Continue Reading “Choosing to Open My Eyes”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Alligators, Belief, Blind, Deceit, Deceived, Deception, Eyes, Humility, Insight, Light, Pride, Sadducees, Seeing, Sight, Spiritual Blindness, Truth, Understanding
Posted on November 23, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I am afflicted with a condition that I understand many men have. I often cannot see what is right in front of my face. The can of soup I’m looking for in the pantry mysteriously disappears when I go to retrieve it. I’m perplexed… Continue Reading “Choosing Gratitude”
When I realized what was next to me, I flattened myself against the side of the house in shock. I kept telling myself that this couldn’t be real. Things like this don’t happen here. My cousin and I had started a window-washing service as… Continue Reading “Choosing to See”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Alligators, Believe, Blind, Darkness, Deception, Eyes, Light, Matthew 6:22-23, Open Eyes, Sadducees, Seeing
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