Tag: Humility
Posted on February 10, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Ear plugs have become my friend over the years. Whether it’s to dampen outside noise in a motel room with thin walls, help me mute distracting sounds so I can focus on the book I’m reading, or to get a good night’s sleep with… Continue Reading “Choosing to Listen”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Active Listening, Afraid, Ask, Ask questions, Bad Communication, Communicating well, fear, God is speaking, Good Communication, Good Relationships, Hear, Hearing God, Hearing God's Voice, Hearing Others, Hearing to Understand, Hearing Well, Humble, Humility, I am needy, I don't need you, I Need God, I need Jesus, I need you, Input, Input from others, Isolation, Listen, Listening, Listening to God, Listening Well, love, Open questions, Pride, Relationships, Self Sufficient, Understanding
Posted on January 13, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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For as far back as I can remember, I have known the words to the old hymn: Amazing Grace. But the truly amazing thing is how long it has taken me to understand them. The lyrics were written by John Newton, an Anglican minister,… Continue Reading “Choosing to Accept an Unlikely Rescue”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Amazing Grace, Condemnation, Condemned, Damn you, Damned, Dirty Rotten Sinner, Extend Grace, Fair, Fair Play, Fairness, Faith, Forgiven, Gift, Good News, Gospel, Grace, Gracious, Humble, Humility, hymns, Jesus, John Newton, Just, Justice, Let Go, love, Nano threads, Receive Grace, Release, Released, Rescue, Rescued, Right, Salvation, Saved, Self Righteous, Self-Righteousness, Sinner, Undeserved Favor, Undeserved Gift, Unforgiven, Unforgiveness
Posted on December 30, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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The new year is upon us, and that means resolutions! Many of us are making promises to initiate changes in our lives. I have heard mixed reviews regarding the effectiveness of such commitments. Most of us give up on the pledges made on January… Continue Reading “Choosing a GUILTLESS New Year”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Change, Change my life, Clean Heart, Cleansed from sin, False Guilt, Forgive and forget, Forgive me, Forgiven, forgiveness, freedom, Freedom from guilt, freedom from past mistakes, freedom from past sin, God's mercy, guilt, Guilty, Healing, Hope, Hope for the new year, Humble, Humility, I want to change, Making Changes, new start, New Year, New Year Resolution, Pain, Redemption, Relationship healing, Release, Repentance, shame, sin, Soul Pain, Starting Over
Posted on December 23, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Christmas music! I love pretty much all of it. Both the sacred and secular songs stir something and pull me in. I find beauty (read last week’s post) in almost every melody. And while it is fun to “deck the halls,” “jingle bells,” and… Continue Reading “Choosing to Adore Him”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Adore Him, Advent, Away in the Manger, Baby Jesus, Carolers, Celebration, Choirs, Christmas, Christmas Carols, Christmas Day, Christmas Songs, December 25th, Emmanuel, Faith, Gifts, God With Us, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Holiday Season, Holidays, Humility, Incarnation, Jesus, Joy, Joy to the World, Merry Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, Peace on Earth, Season Greetings, The Word Became Flesh, We Three Kings, What Child is This?, Worship, Yuletide
Posted on November 18, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I have been an on and off fan of Star Trek (and its various versions) over the years. As a kid, the alien enemies scared me: Klingons with their cold, hard, and aggressive logic; the emotional paranoia of the Romulans; and the greed and… Continue Reading “Choosing Within Limits”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Boundaries, Eternity, freedom, God's plan, Humility, Limitations, Limits, love, Obedience to God, Pride, Rebellion, Submission to God, Transhumanism, Trust God
Posted on September 2, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Regardless of the secularism that is woven into our present-day culture, we are a generation of worshipers. We tend to revere whatever makes us feel good. And that can cover a broad spectrum of deities. Whether they be the gods of food, money, or… Continue Reading “Choosing to NOT Make Myself Into a God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 10 Commandments, 1st Commandment, deities, deity, False gods, Final Word, First Commandment, gods, Humility, I am a god, Idolatry, Idols, love, Love well, Loving God, many gods, My place, myself a god, No submission, Pride, self, Submit, Worship, Worshipping myself
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.… Continue Reading “Choosing a Strong Finish”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Arrogance, bad choices, Choose Justice, Choose Righteousness, Chosen, Completion, Don't Stop, Endure, Endure to the end, Faith, Finish Well, Finishing Strong, Forgivness, God's Way, good choices, Hope, Hubris, Humility, Living well, love, Love Mercy, Persevere, Pride, Refusing to learn, Resisting God, Thanks, Thanksgiving, The End, Walk Humbly
I have worked with some people over the years with serious pride issues. Surely you know the type I’m talking about. They see and hear only what they want and leave room for little to no outside input into their work, their projects, their… Continue Reading “Choosing to See IT in Me”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 7 Deadly Sins, Arrogance, Blinded, Blindness, conceit, Control, Control the narrative, distorted view, ego, ego-trip, egoism, Hubris, Humble, Humility, Insolence, my value, Narcissism, Narcissist, Open Eyes, Original Sin, Presumption, pretension, Pride, Proud, Self-importance, self-love, Self-pity, sin, Sin of sins, Sinner, smug, smugness, snob, Thinking too highly of myself, vanity
Not too long ago I had a conversation with a person who struggles with addiction. He told me how he has a goal of developing more self discipline in his life. But he finds that he always fails in his efforts. He feels that… Continue Reading “Choosing How I See God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Attitude, Attitude Change, Blind, Blind to God, Change, Change My Mind, Closed Eyes, Despair, Desperate, Desperate for change, Desperation, Discomfort, Do it myself, Eternal Hope, Eyes Wide Open, Frustration, Hope, Humility, Misery, More Information, New Perspective, Open Eyes, Passion of Christ, Rewards of suffering, Seeing God, Stubborn, Stubborness, Suffering, Sufferings of Jesus, Wrestling with Addiction, Wrong view of God
Some stories in the Bible have struck me as unfair, and at times I have found myself sympathizing with the “bad guy.” Take for example the parable of the three servants who received money from their master to invest while he was gone (Matthew… Continue Reading “Choosing a Transparent Heart”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bad Attitude, Cain and Abel, Fake Worship, First Murder, For No Reason, God's Justice, God's Ways, Hard Heart, Heart, Humility, No Apparent Reason, No Pretending, Obedience, Pride, Pure Heart, Real Worship, Righteousness, Soft Heart, Stoney Heart, Tender Heart, Transparent Heart, True Worship, Unfair, Worship
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