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Posted on December 8, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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“He will order His angels to protect you.” These words from Psalm 91 should be a great comfort for those who are putting their trust in God. It says in verse 6, “Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that… Continue Reading “Choosing to Remember God’s Track Record”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bible, Christianity, Don't Forget, Doubts, Faith, Forgetting God, God, God is Faithful, Hope, Jesus, love, Pride, Remember, Salvation, sin, Struggling with Doubts, Temptation, Tested, Testing God, Trust, Trust God, Word of God
Posted on December 1, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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So much of the truth revealed through the scriptures is counterintuitive. At face value it does not make sense. One of the results is that we have to stop, think about it, and go a little deeper. For example: And there is one that… Continue Reading “Choosing a “Snail’s Pace””
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bad Habits, Chill Out, Don't Hurry, Don't Worry, Eternal Values, Eternity, Faith, Faster, Frustrated, Frustration, God, God's Timing, Haste Makes Waste, Healthy Life, Hope, Hurry, Hurry Up, Impatience, In His Time, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joy, love, Margins, Patience, Peace, Rush, Salvation, Slow down, Speed Kills, Too fast, Trust God, Values, Wait
Posted on November 24, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I gave a child a piece of gum not too long ago. She happily accepted it, popped it into her mouth, began to chew, and walked away. Her mother called out for her to return and say, “Thank you.” The girl acted like she… Continue Reading “Choosing Gratitude, Again”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appreciate, Appreciation, Discipline, Faith, Give, Give Thanks, God, gratitude, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joy, love, Peace, Practice Gratitude, Salvation, Thank You, thankfulness, Thanks, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day
Posted on November 17, 2025
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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 November 10, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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“Christianity doesn’t work.” I’ve been told this more than once. Someone explains why he’s giving up his faith, and it usually has something to do with him not getting what he feels he needs. Typically, references are made to unanswered prayers; troubling questions without… Continue Reading “Choosing More than Results”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bible, Christian, Christian Faith, Easy Life, Faith, Feel better, Feeling Good, God, God is Good, God Is Love, Good Feelings, Good Results, Good Vibes, Grace, Happiness, Hidden Goodness, Hope, I want, I want to feel good, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kindness, love, Love One Another, make me happy, Peace, Pleasant Feelings, Product, Proof, Results, Scriptures
Posted on November 3, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Often, the secret to success with any endeavor is learning the basics of a needed task. Trust the tried-and-true process. I believe this can apply to almost any skill. I remember my dad teaching me to wash a car: always start at the top… Continue Reading “Choosing to Accept Restrictions”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bible, Boundaries, Controlled, Disciple, Discipleship, Disobedience, Disobey, Faith, fear, Flourishing, Foundational, Free, freedom, Hope, I hate rules, Jesus, Life, Limits, love, Love God, Love Jesus, No Chains, No Control, No Restraints, Obedience, Obey, Obey God, Obey Jesus, Rebel, Rebellion, Rules, Secure, Self Control, Stability, Submission, Submit, Surrender, Thriving, Truth
Posted on October 27, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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It’s a somewhat solemn day of reflection for me. It’s my birthday, and I’m getting old. At least that’s the feeling. I’ve been asking myself for a while if I have found any advantages in getting older, besides cheaper meals at Perkin’s Restaurant. It depends… Continue Reading “Choosing to Grow Up, Really”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: A real man, Aging, Another Birthday, Be a learner, Birthday, Childlike, Embrace, Embrace Differences, Faith, Finishing Well, Follower of Jesus, forgive, forgiveness, God, Growing Old, Growing Up, Hope, Jesus, Learn, Learn more, Like a Child, love, Mature, Maturity, Old Man, Real Maturity, Salvation, Senile, Truly Mature, Trust, Trust issues
Posted on September 29, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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There’s something gratifying about finding a way to make a long journey shorter. I look to my GPS for help these days. But even as a kid, I was always looking for a short cut. When I was 12, my friends showed me a… Continue Reading “Choosing to Go Slow”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: All in good time, Big Picture, Christ Follower, Christian, desires, Dreams, Faith, Fast, Faster, Go slow, God, Good Life, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Follower, Joy, Life, Long Suffering, love, Patience, Peace, Perseverance, Short cuts, Short-term Thinking, Slow down, Temptation, the easy way, The Long Way, Treasure, Trust God, Wait, Wait on the Lord, Wisdom, Wise, Wise choices, worth the wait
Posted on September 22, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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It’s a simple but often maligned and misunderstood word. To be considered humble is a compliment for some and an insult for others. It’s frequently associated with being soft spoken, self-deprecating, and wallowing in low self-esteem. While many people consider it a virtue of… Continue Reading “Choosing to Empty Myself”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Admitting I'm wrong, Apologize, Apology, Arrogance, Arrogant, Bible, biblical, choice, choices, Christ, Christian, Christian Virtue, Emptied, Faith, Feelings, Follower of Jesus, Full of Myself, God, Hope, Humble, Humility, Jesus, love, Low self-esteem, Meek, Meekness, Not a feeling, Pride, Proud, Reality, Salvation, Self-Esteem, Surrender, Surrendered Life, Trust God, Truth, Virtures
Posted on September 15, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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“Being able to do whatever I want to do.” That’s how a young man at the mall replied to my friend who was randomly asking strangers to define “freedom.” Many of the other responses that day were similar. Later, after hearing all the homemade… Continue Reading “Choosing Liberty”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: abandon, Allowed, Autonomy, Bold, Bondage, Brazen, Chains, choice, Deliverance, Delivered, democracy, Doing whatever I want, Emancipation, Enslaved, entitlement, Faith, Free, freedom, Handcuffed, Hope, impertinence, Incarnation, Independence, individualism, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Liberal, Liberation, Liberty, license, Loose, love, No inhibition, No reserve, Pardoned, permission, Prison, Redemption, Released, Rescue, Right, rights, Salvation, Self rule, Self-determination, Self-governing, Self-sufficiency, sin, Sinful, Slave, Unfettered, Unrestraint, Unrestricted, Unshackled