It’s a condition I have had for many years. I get infections in my colon. They can be extremely painful and put me in the hospital. I have learned to recognize the feeling when it’s beginning and usually have to fight a sense of… Continue Reading “Choosing a Better Option”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Addictions, Afflictions, Afflictions of the soul, Comfort, Comforter, Confusion, Drug of choice, Drugs, Emotional Pain, Escape, freedom, Freedom from pain, Freedom from suffering, God of all Comfort, God's love, God's Comfort, Hurts, Infection, Narcotics, Numb, Numb the pain, Pain Relief, Porn, Pornography, Problems, Real Comfort, Self-medicate, Self-Medication, Source of Comfort, Stop hurting, Suffering, Symptoms, Troubles
Posted on March 6, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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It’s a condition that I have had for many years now. I am prone to develop infections in my colon that can be extremely painful. It has put me in the hospital in the past, and I have come to recognize the feeling in… Continue Reading “Choosing a Different Kind of Medication”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Addiction, Addictions, Comfort, Comforter, Distress, God Comforts, God's Way, Hurts, Medicate, Medicating, Numb, Over Eating, Pain, Porn, Pornography, Self Comfort, Self-Medicating, Sex Addiction, Soul Pain, Stress, The Comforter
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 October 4, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I first smoked a cigar in college. Somehow I had managed to avoid all tobacco before that. When I joined several other film students in a project to tell a story set during a poker game, we decided our set needed to be filled… Continue Reading “Choosing Things Above”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Comfort, Comforter, Core Desire, Deepest Desires, Desire, desires, Earthly Things, Fulfillment, Heavenly Things, Joy, Living Water, Longing, Longings, love, Peace, Satisfaction, Satisfied, Seek, Seeking, Significance, Yearning
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