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 Ears that Hear”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Active Listening, Agape, Bad Communication, Care, Caring, Caring enough, Communicate, Communication, Deaf, Faith, God, God's Voice, Good Communication, Hear, Hear me, Heard, Hearing, Hearing God, Hearing my spouse, Hope, Humility, Integrity, Isolation, Jesus, Listen well, Listening, Listening Skills, Lost, love, Misunderstood, Neglected, Open questions, Pride, Salavation, Show Love, Understand
Posted on January 12, 2026
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I’ve written about this before: I’m color blind. It’s not severe, but it does prevent me from seeing some things. Certain shades of greens and reds or blues and purples are difficult and sometimes impossible for me to distinguish. More than once everyone around… Continue Reading “Choosing to See What I Can’t See”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Admit you're wrong, Ask for help, Blind, Blind Spots, Can't See, Color Blind, Community, Faith, Healthy Community, Help, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humble, Humility, I confess, Jesus, Joy, Lost, love, Need help, Peace, Pride, Proudful, Salvation, See, Seeing, Sight, Spiritual Blindness, Word of God
Posted on September 6, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was on a 10-day camping trip in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. It was part of my university’s leadership training. We were divided into teams one day with each group receiving a topographical map and a compass. After being shown a spot on the… Continue Reading “Choosing Straight Paths”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Compasses, Direction, Experiencing God, Faulty Knowledge, God's Goodness, God's Trustworthiness, Good Paths, Goodness, Goodness of God, Guidance, Knowledge, Lost, Maps, Relationship with God, Signs, Straight Paths, Taste and See, Trust in the Lord, Trusting God, Trusting Something
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