Tag: Intimacy with God
Posted on January 16, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Full disclosure: I am a recovering English teacher. It’s been many years since I stood in front of a class of middle-schoolers and attempted to convey the beauty of past participles, gerunds and the joy of diagramming a sentence. The response was almost always… Continue Reading “Choosing to Just Read It!”
Posted on August 1, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was a child when I remember first hearing the concept of having a “friendship with God.” It provided a welcome relief from the burden of legalism my young perception of religion had pressed on me. But looking back, I now see that this… Continue Reading “Choosing a Real Friend”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Abraham, Companion, Companion for Life, Friends, Friendship, Friendship with God, Giving Relationship, God is my Friend, Intimacy with God, Jacob, Jesus is my Friend, Legalism, Loneliness, Moses, Obedience to God, Obeying God, Trust, Trust in God, Trusting God, Trusting Jesus, Unselfish, Unselfishness, Wrestling with God
Posted on April 25, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a kid, I loved to do pencil drawings. I received so much affirmation from my sketches that I decided at a young age that I should learn to paint and become a professional artist when I grew up. But the problem was that… Continue Reading “Choosing God’s Way of Perfection”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Complete, Correctness, Failure, fear, Fear of Failure, Flatland, Fulfilled, God's Expectations, Heart Transformation, Intimacy with God, Intimacy with Jesus, Perfect, Perfection, Perfectionism, Perfectionist, Performance, Performance Orientation, Relationship with God, Relationship with Jesus, The Right Way, The Wrong Way
Posted on June 28, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Most of my life growing up, I often 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… Continue Reading “Choosing Intimacy”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Closeness, Connection, Hope, Hopeful Future, Intimacy, Intimacy with God, Intimate, Intimate Friendship, Intimate Love Relationship, Intimate Relationships, Into-Me-See, Knowing God, Known, Loneliness, Lonely, Protective Walls, Relationship with God, Seen, Trust, Vulnerability
In the movies it always looked so easy and nonconsequential. As a kid, I watched shows where chairs got busted over heads in barroom fights with the recipient merely staggering a few paces before flinging his opponent through a wooden railing. And then there… Continue Reading “Choosing to Open the Door”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: choices, Door of My Heart, Intimacy with God, Intimacy with Jesus, Invitation, Inviting Jesus In, Jesus Knocking, Jesus the Gentleman, Knocking on the Door, Letting Jesus in, My Choice
Posted on November 16, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a kid, I loved to do pencil drawings. I received so much affirmation from my sketches that I decided that I should learn to paint and become a professional artist when I grew up. But the problem was that for every drawing or… Continue Reading “Choosing to Look UP”
Posted on August 24, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was a child when I remember first hearing the concept of having a “friendship with God.” It provided a welcome relief from the burden of legalism my young perception of religion had pressed on me. But looking back, I now see that this… Continue Reading “Choosing Friendship with God, His Way”