I was five years old when I had my tonsils removed. Medical concerns and procedures were different back then. They had me spend the night before surgery in the hospital. I remember my initial impression was that of getting to do a sleep over… Continue Reading “Choosing to Trust When I Can’t See”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Alone, Bible, Blind, Can't See, Christianity, Confused, Confusion, Darkness, Faith, Give up control, God, God is Good, God is Light, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joy, Let Go, Light, Light my own fire, Lonely, love, No Darkness, Peace, Salvation, Stuck, Surrender, Surrender control, Temptation, Too Dark, Trust, Trustworthy
While in college years ago, I joined several of my classmates in Washington D.C. to lobby U.S congress in support of a bill that was to provide funds for famine-wracked nations in Africa. We had been challenged by a speaker in our college chapel… Continue Reading “Choosing to Let Myself Go Hungry”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Focus, Food from Heaven, God, Heavenly Bread, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humbled, Humility, Hunger, Hunger and Thirst, Jesus, Joy, Junk Food, love, Manna, Most Important, Passionate, Peace, Pride, Provision, Refocus, Salvation, Self Discipline, Spiritual Hunger, Spiritual Junk Food, Submission, Surrender, Word of God
I first wrote the words “I love you” in a note to a girl when I was in the 5th grade. It felt good. And the feeling was even better when I received a note back with the same words. A core belief took shape… Continue Reading “Choosing to Love So It Hurts”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Faith, Faithful, For God so Loved, Give, giving, God, God Image, Hope, I Love You, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John 3:16, love, Love Hurts, Love is not a feeling, Love Sick, Love till it Hurts, Redeemed, Redemption, Salvation, Separated from God, Suffer, Suffering, The Cross, To Love is to Give, True Happiness, Truth
The New Testament scriptures speak of the followers of Jesus being set free. The Apostle Paul said, “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery” (Galatians 5:1 ESV). Jesus, himself, said, “.… Continue Reading “Choosing the Old Way to Freedom”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Authoritarian, Autonomy, Beauty, desires, Do what I want, Faith, Faithfulness, Free, Free Choice, Free Will, freedom, Freedom in Christ, Gentleness, God, Godliness, Goodness, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Kindness, love, My Way, No Restraints, Options, Patience, Peace, Self Control, Self-Discipline, Selfishness, Unlimited Freedom, Virtues
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
The Launch of Artemis II on April 1st caught my attention. I was a child when Apollo 11 landed on the moon the summer of 1969, and this most recent mission took me back to the wonder I first experienced thinking about space exploration.… Continue Reading “Choosing to Submit to Gravity”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Apollo 11, Artemis II, Development, Difficulties, Faith, God, Good Life, Grace, Gravity, Grow, Growth, Heavenly Father, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Joy, Life, love, Mercy, Pain, Perseverance, Pressure, Resistance, Resistance Training, Salvation, Space Travel, Spiritual Growth, Stability, Steadfastness, Stress, Struggles, Trials, Trouble-Free
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
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 to Recall the Right Things”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Don't Forget, Faith, fear, Focus, forgive, Give Thanks, God, Good Attitude, Goodness, grateful, gratitude, Hope, Humility, Ingratitude, Jesus, Joy, Let Go, love, Memories, Negative, Negativity, Optimism, Painful Memories, Peace, Pessimism, Positive, Positive Attitude, Release, Remember, Remembering, Salvation, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, The Good, Unforgiveness
Posted on April 6, 2026
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Will this war ever end? And when it does, will circumstances in Iran, or in the world for that matter, be better? Here at home there is so much division, anger, and fear for the future. I don’t see any politician being able to… Continue Reading “Choosing to Believe GOOD is Coming!”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Angry, Change, Crucifixion, Dark Future, Darkness, Depressed, Easter, Faith, Future, Future Resurrection, God, Holy Week, Hope, Hopeless, Jesus, Jesus Christ, love, Meaning, Meaningless, New Life, No Change, Pain, Purpose, Purposeless, Resurrection, Resurrection Day, Sad, Salvation, Sickness, Stuck, The Cross, War, Worried, Worry
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 to ask ourselves what… Continue Reading “Choosing AWE”
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