Posted on September 29, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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There’s something gratifying about finding a way to make a long journey shorter. I look to my GPS for help these days. But even as a kid, I was always looking for a short cut. When I was 12, my friends showed me a… Continue Reading “Choosing to Go Slow”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: All in good time, Big Picture, Christ Follower, Christian, desires, Dreams, Faith, Fast, Faster, Go slow, God, Good Life, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Follower, Joy, Life, Long Suffering, love, Patience, Peace, Perseverance, Short cuts, Short-term Thinking, Slow down, Temptation, the easy way, The Long Way, Treasure, Trust God, Wait, Wait on the Lord, Wisdom, Wise, Wise choices, worth the wait
Posted on July 21, 2025
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 What I REALLY Want”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Accepted, Accomplish, Accomplishments, Appetites, Attracted, Attractive, Christ, Christian, Complete, Completed, Confident, Delight, Desire, desires, Embraced, enamored, Faith, Fill me, Fill me up, Filled, Focus, Fulfilled, Fulfillment, Give it to me, Give me, God, Hope, Hunger, I need, I want, Image, Jesus, Joy, Longing, love, Loved, lust, Needs, Peace, Real Desire, Received, Satisfied, Satsifaction, Seek, Seeking, Thirst, Thought Life, Unshakable, Want, Wants
A few years back, some friends asked if I would keep their car while they spent a few months working in Asia. I could use it as a second vehicle if I took care of it. It ended up being a great deal for… Continue Reading “Choosing to Claim Nothing As My Own”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Arrogant, Care, Caretaker, Caretaking, Clinging, Clingy, custodian, desires, entrusted, Faith, Faithful, fear, Fearful, Fearless, Fiduciary, gratitude, guardian, Hope, Hubris, Humility, It's not mine, keeper, love, Mine, My Stuff, Open-handed, Ownership, Personal Property, Poor, Poverty, Pride, protector, Proudful, Relationships, Release, Releasing, Responsibility, Rich, Self-gratification, Sentry, Serve, Serving, Shepherd, Stewardship, Superintendent, Thanksgiving, Trust, Trust God, Trusting, Trustworthy, Unselfish, warden, Wealthy, Wisdom, Wise
As a Follower of Jesus, is it wrong to ask God to fulfill my desires? I have been asked this question more than once. There are two extreme responses that are often associated with Christianity. One comes out of the God-wants-you-to-be-happy theology and therefore,… Continue Reading “Choosing Lasting Satisfaction”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Contented, Contentment, Core Desires, Deceitful Desires, Desire, desires, Disappointment, Dissatisfaction, Dissatisfied, Empty, evil desires, Faith, Fraudulent Desires, Fulfilled, Fulfilled Desires, Fulfillment, Give it to me, Give it to me now, God-given desires, godly desires, Happiness, Hope, I want, I want it, Joy, Longing, love, make me happy, Passion, Passionate, Peace, Real Life, Satisfaction, Satisfied, Surface Desires, Unfulfilled desires
In every house I’ve lived, sooner or later, we have to deal with pests. We’ve battled everything from snakes to bats, all looking to make a home with us. But of course, the most common little irritating critter has been the mouse. Unfortunately for… Continue Reading “Choosing to Resist”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Accoutability, Allurements, Belief, Believe, Believe God, Comfort, Deceiving myself, Delayed Gratification, desires, Disobedience, Faith, Fighting Temptation, Forgetting God, Hope, love, Meeting my own needs, Obedience, Relief, Resisting Temptation, Satan, Satisfaction, Stupid decisions, Temptation, Tempted, Tempter, Trust God, Trust Jesus
I realize now there was one central reason I played sports as a kid. I wanted to belong. There were some bright moments on the high school football team, but I knew I would never be a star player. It was the opportunity to… Continue Reading “Choosing the Direction of My Love”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Affection, Augustine, City of God, desires, Desires for God, Desires of the flesh, Destiny, Direction, Eternal, Eternity, Heaven, Hell, Kingdom of Darkness, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of this world, love, Loving the world, Loving the wrong person, Loving the wrong thing, misguided love, Purpose, Saint Augustine, Selfish, Selfishness
Posted on November 6, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a Follower of Jesus, is it wrong to ask God to fulfill my desires? I have been asked this question more than once. There are two extreme responses that I now see getting associated with Christianity. One comes out of the God-wants-you-to-be-happy theology… Continue Reading “Choosing to CallOut Dishonest Desires”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appetites, Core Desire, Core Desires, Craving, Deceit, Deceitful, Desire, Desire of the Heart, desires, Desires from God, Dishonest, Fulfilled Dreams, Good Desires, Heart Desire, Lier, Lies, Longing, lust, Lying, Misleading, Passion, Passionate, Passions, Reliable, Strong Desire, True Desires, Trustworthiness, Trustworthy, Wants, Will
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 the Deeper Desire”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Core Desire, Core Longings, Desire, desires, Desires of the heart, Distracting Desire, Earthly Desires, Fleshly Desires, Heavenly Desires, Longing, Physical Desires, Real Desire, Real Satisfaction, Satisfaction, Satisfaction of the soul, Satisfied, Seeking, Seeking what's above, Soul, The Heart, True Desires, True Satisfaction
Posted on August 15, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a Follower of Jesus, is asking God to fulfill my desires a bad thing? I have been asked this question more than once. There are two extremes that I now see getting associated with Christianity. One comes out of the God-wants-you-to-be-happy theology and… Continue Reading “Choosing to Follow Honest Desires”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Core Desire, Deceit, Deceitful, Desire, desires, Fake Desires, Heart Desire, Honest, Lier, Lies, Longing, Longings, Passion, Passions, Peace, Real Desire, Significance, Surface Desires, Trust, Trusting God, Truth Teller, Truthful
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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