During my senior year in high school, my football coach referred to me as a “great athlete.” I was shocked but ecstatic that he would say such a thing. That was NOT how I saw myself. I had had minimal interest in athletics most… Continue Reading “Choosing My Identity”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Accomplishments, Child of God, Creating myself, daughter of God, Deciding who I am, Defining myself, Eternal Life, Family of God, Father God, financial identity, Gender identity, God is my Father, Identity, Identity in Christ, Identity through Performance, intellectual identity, Me, My uniqueness, Performance, Performing, Sexual identiy, Shaping my identity, son of God, spiritual identity, Surrendering my identity, vocational identity, Who am I?
Posted on August 22, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I first became a homeowner when I was 25. It was a small run-down rental in a suburb of Sacramento, California. My wife and I decided we could buy it at a good price and “fix it up” ourselves in preparation for our soon-to-arrive… Continue Reading “Choosing My Building Materials”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Building Materials, Cheap materials, Costly, Eternal Life, Eternal Reward, Eternity, Faith, Gold, Goodness of God, Hay, Heaven, Heavenly Dwelling, Heavenly Treasures, Hope, Jewels, Long-Term, love, Precious Stones, Sacrifice, Short-sighted, short-term, Silver, Straw, Trust, Wood
Posted on May 23, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I despise fasting. I hate the way it makes me feel: grumpy, irritable, distracted with thoughts of burgers, pizza, and ice cream when I’m trying to do something important. But most of all, it makes me feel hungry. And hunger tells me I need… Continue Reading “Choosing the Way of Hunger”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bread from Heaven, Bread of Life, Daily Bread, Eternal Life, Eternity, Fasting, Food, Going Without, Health, Healthy, Heavenly Food, Humbling My Body, Humbling Myself, Humility, Hunger, Hungry, Intermittent Fasting, Life, Manna, Nourishing, Nourishment, Regular Fasting, Spiritual Food, Spiritual Health, Spiritual Nourishment
Posted on April 11, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Grim news continues to come out of Ukraine. Mass graves are being discovered. And stories of torture and executions are multiplying. Not since World War 2 has Europe been the site of such atrocities. But now, with another apparently unhinged despot doubling down on… Continue Reading “Choosing to Hope in Resurrection”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Crucifixion, Death, Depression, Despair, Easter, Eternal Life, Eternity, fear, Fearfulness, Future Resurrection, He is Risen, Hope for the future, Hopeless, Hopelessness, imperishable body, Life, Living, Meaning of Easter, New Body, New Life, Raised from the dead, Resurrected, Resurrection Day, The Cross
Posted on May 24, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Music of the rock group Kansas takes me back to my high school days. I particularly remember the hauntingly beautiful harmonies of “Dust in the Wind.” The sound would echo in my head days after I listened to it on the radio. Who could… Continue Reading “Choosing a Forever Life”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Accomplishments, Death, Dust in the Wind, Endless Future, Eternal Life, Eternity, Forever, God's love, Hope, immortality, Kansas, love, Nothingness, Worthless
Posted on September 28, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Ever wish you had someone else’s life? I have, many times. It’s easy to do when we see a friend or even a stranger buying that house or going on that vacation we always dreamed of for ourselves. Or maybe it’s that higher level… Continue Reading “Choosing Divine Life”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Abundant Life, Biblical Life, Bios, Divine LIfe, Eternal Life, God's Life, Good Life, Inner LIfe, Life, Psyche, Source of Life, Surface Life, Tree of Life, Zoe