Tag: Holy Spirit
I had a short stint running track when I was in middle school. It was enjoyable until the coach put me in an 800-meter race that I had not prepared for. As a sprinter, I applied what I knew and started out strong. But… Continue Reading “Choosing to Keep the End in Mind”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Admit mistakes, Bad ending, Consider the Cost, Faith, Finish Strong, Finishing Well, Goals, God, gratitude, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, It's not over, Jesus Christ, Keeping the End in Mind, Life, love, No slacking, Persevere, Plan Ahead, Poor finishes, Pride, Priorities, Right Priorities, Salvation, Thanksgiving, The End
Posted on May 18, 2026
by Jeff Herringshaw
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This Friday, my wife and I will celebrate 44 years of marriage. We were both 20 when we said, “I do,” having first met when we were freshmen in high school. Many times, I’ve been asked two questions: 1) how did we know that… Continue Reading “Choosing to Continue to Choose that One Person”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anniversary, Cohabitation, Commitment, Dating, Faith, Faithful, Faithfulness, Feelings, Fidelity, God, Growing Old Together, Holy Spirit, Honor one another, Hope, I choose you, I Do, In Love, Jesus, Jesus Follower, Limits, Living Together, Longevity, love, Making it work, Marriage, Marriage Commitment, Persevering Love, Relationships, Salvation, Till Death do us part, True Love, Values, Wedding Anniversary, Weddings, Wisdom
Most of my life growing up, I felt misunderstood. I tried to relate to those around me by being who I thought they wanted me to be. But it felt like few, if any, ever saw the real me and said, “I like that… Continue Reading “Choosing to Let Myself Be Seen”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Beauty, Christ, Connection, Discipleship, Faith, God, Goodness, Holy Spirit, Hope, Intimacy, Intimacy with God, Intimate, Intimate Relationship, Jesus, Jesus Follower, love, Relationships, Salvation, Sexual Intimacy, Spiritual, Spirituality, Surrender, Surrendered Life, Trust, Trust issues, Truth, Vulnerability, Vulnerable
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
Posted on November 17, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I once read an article by an atheist describing the serenity he felt as he overlooked a beautiful valley while drinking a cup of coffee. The point he was trying to make was that Christians do not have a monopoly on peace. He was… Continue Reading “Choosing Calm in the Storm”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Absence of Conflict, Calm, Contentment, Faith, Fruits of the Spirit, God, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lasting Peace, love, Peace, Peace of God, peacemakers, Prince of Peace, Rest, Safe, Salvation, Shalom, Sleep well, Stay Calm, Storms of Life, Tranquility, True Peace, Trust
Posted on October 13, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As I pulled up to the stop light in a Dallas suburb, I mumbled under my breath, “Right, left or straight?” The word “right” lingered in my mind, so I made the turn. My knuckles were white clinging to the steering wheel, and every… Continue Reading “Choosing to STOP and LISTEN”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Blind faith, Desperate for God, Divine Direction, Faith, God is Alive, God is Good, God is Real, God loves me, God loves you, God Speaks, God the Communicator, God's Guidance, Goodness of God, Guidance, Guidance of God, Hearing God, Hearing God's Voice, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Direction, Hope, Jesus Christ, Jesus is Alive, Listen, Listening, Living by Faith, love, Slow down, Still Small Voice, Trust God, Trusting God, Voice of God, Walking by Faith, Word of God
The first time I remember contemplating the word “adultery,” I wondered why it was called that. My conclusion, as a child, was that it was a word to describe the many things that adults do. Though I did not understand it, at the time,… Continue Reading “Choosing to Recognize My Adulterous Heart”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Adulterous, Adulterous Generation, Adultery, Affair, Boy Friend, Cheating, Cheating Heart, Commitment, Committed, Covenant, Extra-marital, Extra-marital affair, Faith, Faithful, Faithfulness, Fling, Girl Friend, God, Holy Spirit, Hope, Husband, Infidelity, Jesus Christ, love, Loving Relationship, Marriage, Marriage Covenant, Married, Open Marriage, Partner, Playing the Field, Self-Sacrifice, sex, Surrender, Surrendered, Trust, Tryst, Unfaithful, Wandering Heart, Wife
Posted on August 11, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I like to feel good. It’s a basic urge within me to chase happiness wherever I think it can be found. My country’s Declaration of Independence affirms the pursuit of it to be an inalienable right. When I imagine myself in a happy state,… Continue Reading “Choosing Something Other than Happiness”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Changed Perspective, Comfort, Comfortable, Cry, Delight, Delighted, Enjoy, Excited, Faith, Fruit of the Spirit, God, God's Presence, Grief, Happiness, Happy, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Joy, love, Miserable, Misery, Mourn, My Life Sucks, New Perspective, Out of Control, Peace, Perspective, Pleasurable, Pleasure, Rejoice, Relationships, Sad, Sadness, Suffer, Suffering, The Cross, Uncomfortable, Weep, Weeping
I was attending college in Southern California when I had my first discussion with a Muslim about the nature of God. He was from Iran, highly intelligent and very polite. After listening to my stumbling words trying to explain the Holy Trinity, using my… Continue Reading “Choosing a God Who Knows How to Love”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 3 in 1, Arian Heresy, Arianism, Arius, Athanasius, Athanasius against the world, Beliefs of the Church, Core Christian Beliefs, Council of Nicea, Faith, Go to Heaven, God is a Relationship, God Is Love, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, Hope, I believe in the Trinity, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus the Son, love, Nature of God, Nicene Creed, Relational God, Right beliefs, Salvation, Serious about Christianity, Three In One, Trinity, Triune, Triune God, Unitarianism, Why I believe in the Trinity
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
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