Tag: Faith
I forgot a friend’s name the other day. For a few moments I couldn’t recall that word that represents someone I care about. It should be so familiar to me. I felt ashamed. Fortunately, the lapse didn’t last long. But moments like these make… Continue Reading “Choosing the Right Memory”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bad memories, choices, Faith, Forget, Forgetfulness, forgive, forgiveness, Good memories, Grace, gratitude, Hope, Let Go, Life, Life-giving, love, Memories, Memory, Mental Health, Negative thinking, Negative thoughts, Positive thinking, Positive thoughts, Release, Remember, Remembering, Spiritual Health, Testimonies, Testimony, thankfulness, Thanks, Thanksgiving
Posted on April 7, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was 19 years old working a summer job between college semesters painting our little town’s city hall. It was a season of experiencing new life in my spiritual walk with Jesus. One day, I was overjoyed to have a conversation with a local… Continue Reading “Choosing Risky Love”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bitter, Bitterness, Communication, Faith, Good Communication, Hard conversations, Hate, Healing Words, Honest, Honesty, Hope, love, Loving Words, Offended, Offensive, Relationships, Right Relationships, Speak the truth in love, Speak Truth, Truth, Unforgiveness, Words
As a child, I remember when my Sunday school knowledge about God and the Bible became too simple and dull. I was a jaded 12-year-old, having grown up saturated with what felt like dry, moralistic lessons drawn from the pages of scripture. The words… Continue Reading “Choosing to Go Back to Kindergarten”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Biblical truth, Bored with Christianity, Child-like Faith, Child-likeness, Christian, Daughter, Disciples of Jesus, Discipleship, Faith, Follower of Jesus, Godliness, Holiness, Hope, Humble, Humility, Immature, Kindergarten, Like a Child, Little, Little one, love, Lowly, Mature, Pre-school, Remember, Son, Sunday school, The Basics, The Bible, Trust God, Truth
Sometimes we hear words over and over and yet never really think about the depth of their significance. Words such as faith, hope, and love are examples of ideas we talk about often as Jesus followers. They’re in the Bible, yet sometimes we need… Continue Reading “Choosing to Follow Wonder”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Amazement, Awe, Awesone, Beautiful, Beauty, Captivated, Childlike Wonder, Enraptured, Eternal Life, Eternity, Faith, Faith of a child, Fascinated, Fascination, First man on the moon, Full of Wonder, Glorious, Glory, God's love, Hope, Humility, Interconnectedness, Life, Like a Child, love, Magic Kingdom, Mysteries of God, Mystery, Open Heart, Remarkable, Salvation, The Heavens, Wonder, Wonderful
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
It’s a classic idea for a romance story. A prince, a princess, or a wealthy heir for some reason goes undercover and lives as an ordinary, unassuming character. In the course of everyday life, someone gets to know the royal or moneyed individual as… Continue Reading “Choosing to Notice My Famous Neighbor”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: A Nobody, Accepted, Approval, Approved, Awe, C.S. Lewis, Child of God, Children of God, daughter of God, Eternity, Faith, Fame, Famous with God, Forgotten, Glory, God's love, God's plan for me, God's plan for my neighbor, Gospel Message, Hope, Humility, love, Loved, Noticed, Noticed by God, Open Eyes, Overlooked, Received, See others, Seen, Seen by God, Sharing God's Glory, son of God, Spiritual eyes, Spiritual Sight, The Weight of Glory, unimaginable, Unimaginable Glory, Wonder
Posted on February 24, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Newer is almost always better. This is especially true with technology and when deciding what leftovers in the refrigerator to eat. Cars with lower mileage are almost always preferable to the old ones. Almost. There are those vehicles considered classics and in high demand.… Continue Reading “Choosing Old Stuff”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Ancient Truth, Belief, Believe, Bible Reading, Biblical Documents, Biblical Studies, Biblical truth, Can I believe the Bible?, Dead Sea Scrolls, Essenes, Evidence for the Bible, Faith, Holy Scriptures, Hope, I want to believe, Is the Bible true?, love, New Testament, Old Testament, Qumran, Read the Bible, Reasons for believing, Salvation, Scriptures, The Ancient Way, The Bible, Trust God, Trust Jesus, Truth
Posted on February 17, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I chaperoned a field trip for my daughter’s elementary school class years ago. We went to San Antonio, Texas and toured the Alamo Mission. Having lived in Texas for several years by that time, the history of the place was already familiar. As part… Continue Reading “Choosing to Give Up!”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Alfred the Great, Best to give up, Complete Surrender, Concede, Confused, Confusion, Davy Crockett, Don't know what to do, Don't resist, Eternity, Faith, Family of God, freedom, Give Up, God is Good, God is Trustworthy, Guthrum, Hope, How to change, Humility, I Quit, I Surrender, love, Mercy, Not sure what to do, Pride, Resist, Stop resisting, Strength through surrender, Submission, Submit, Submit to God, Surrender, Surrender to God, Surrender to Jesus, The Alamo, Trust, Trust God, Vikings, Why resist, Why submit
Posted on February 3, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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The well-known British philosopher and atheist, Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), was supposedly asked later in his life how he would explain his beliefs if he was confronted with God after he died. It is said that he quickly replied, “Not enough evidence, God! Not enough… Continue Reading “Choosing to Trust What I Cannot See”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Agnostic, Assume, Assumptions, Atheism, Atheist, Belief, Believe, Believe God, Believe in God, Blind faith, By faith not by sight, Deconstruct faith, Deconstruction, Doubt, Doubting, Doubting God's Existence, Evidence, Evidence for God, Faith, Faith in Christ, Faith in God, Faith in Jesus, God is a Delusion, God is Real, Leap of faith, Life of Faith, Lost my faith, No God, Religion, Seeing is Believing, There is no God, Trust, Trust God
Posted on January 27, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Don’t you hate it when you find grounds in your coffee? I am not a barista or even close to being a “coffee snob,” but I imagine there can be multiple reasons for such grit in my morning java. The most common reason I’ve… Continue Reading “Choosing My Filter”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anxiety, Bitterness, Bondages, Distractions, Faith, Faith Journey, fear, Filtered, Filtered coffee, Filters, Focus, Focused, Grace, Holy Scriptures, In Christ, Jesus, lack of discipline, Mind, Negative Filters, negative outlook, Negativity, Restrictions, Scripture, Self Control, Self Discipline, shame, Spirit, Spiritual Blindness, Stuck, Thoughts, Through Christ, Truth, What is true?
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