As a kid, I avoided certain people. They were the kind that didn’t seem to have the capacity to endure the messiness and clumsiness of children. They couldn’t see the intentions of little ones when something got spilt or broken. They were the kind… Continue Reading “Choosing to Release My Pain”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Accusing, Anger, Bad fruit, Bitter, Bitter Root, Bitterness, Cruel, Defiled, Faith, forgive, Grace, Grief, Healing, Hope, Hurts, injustice, Let Go, Let it go, Loss, love, Mean, Nasty, Pain, Painful, Redemption, Release, Release it, Resentful, Resentment, Revenge, Root of Bitterness, Sweet Jesus, Trauma, Truth, Unfair, Unjust, Wholeness, Wisdom, Wounds
My father was a boy during World War 2. He often heard of atrocities that America’s enemies, the Japanese and the Germans, were committing. According to the stories, those foreigners were the villainous aggressors, and they were seeking to come to our country to… Continue Reading “Choosing to Love My Enemies”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bitterness, Condemnation, Condemning others, forgive, forgiveness, Grace, Hate, Hatred, hostility, injustice, love, Love your enemy, Merciful, Mercy, Persecution, Prejudice, Righteous Anger, Self Righteousness, Sending others to hell, sin
Posted on November 29, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a kid, there were certain old people I avoided. They were the kind that didn’t seem to have the capacity to endure the messiness and clumsiness of children. They couldn’t see the intentions of little ones when something got spilt or broken. They… Continue Reading “Choosing Sweetness”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Accuse, Accusing, Anger, Bitter, Bitterness, Blame, Confusion, forgive, forgiveness, Grace, Honey, Honeycomb, injustice, Offense, Offensive, Pain, Resentful, Resentment, Root of Bitterness, Sorrow, Sweet, Sweetness, Wisdom