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
I loved to do pencil drawings when I was a kid. I received so much affirmation from my sketches that I decided at an early age that I should learn to paint and become a professional artist. But the problem was that for every… Continue Reading “Choosing the Process Over the Product”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Avoidance, bad choices, Complete, Correct, Do it right, Driven, Failure, Failure is unacceptable, Faith, fear, Fear of Failure, Fear of making mistakes, Feeling insecure, Flatland, Get it done, Give Up, Giving Up, good choices, Heart Transformation, Hope, I cannot fail, impossible standards, Insecure, Insecurities, Intimacy with God, Intimacy with Jesus, love, Mature, Maturity, Mistakes, Outside the Box, Pefection, Perfect, Perfect Person, Perfectionism, Perfectionistic, Personal Value, Quit, Quitter, Relationship with God, Right or Wrong, Self condemnation, Self condemning, Self Doubt, Spiritual Maturity, The correct way, The Wrong Way, Transformation, Unrealistic, Unrealistic expectations, Value
Posted on February 19, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a child, I remember when my Sunday school knowledge about God and the Bible became dull and simple. I was a jaded 12-year-old, having grown up saturated with what felt like dry, moralistic lessons drawn from the pages of scripture. The words faith,… Continue Reading “Choosing to “Know” Less”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Beginnings, Believe, boredom, Childlike, Childlikeness, Children, Discipleship, Enjoy, Faith, Faith Fundamentals, Faith Hope Love, forgive, Godliness, Growing with God, Hope, Humility, Intimacy with Jesus, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Knowledge, Learn, Like a Child, love, Maturity, Respond to love, Simple, Sunday school, The Basics, Trust, Wisdom
Posted on January 9, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I only have to look in the mirror to be reminded of the many birthdays I have experienced. It’s funny how my excitement and attitude toward turning another year older have changed since I was young. Birthdays used to be the happy focal point… Continue Reading “Choosing to Mature God’s Way”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: A learner, Become a child, Birthdays, Child-like, Child-likeness, Getting Old, Gray hair, Growing Old, Humble, Humility, Kids, Learners, Like a Child, Mature, Maturity, Trust, Trust issues, Vulnerability, Vulnerable, Wisdom
Posted on October 25, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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It’s a momentous week for me. I have a birthday coming up, and it’s not just any ol’ number. I’m about to cross what I have always considered the threshold of old age. I’ve been asking myself for awhile if I have found any… Continue Reading “Choosing Maturity”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Acceptance, Accepting Differences, Aging, Birthday, Childlike, forgive, forgiveness, Growing Up, Growth, Like a Child, Mature, Maturity, Old, Old Age, Spiritual Maturity, Trust, Unforgiveness
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”
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