Posted on October 20, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I vividly remember the moment I became a dad. My daughter was a tiny thing, just over five pounds. Holding her, I couldn’t comprehend the strange feelings pulsing inside me. As I looked into her little face, I thought, “I don’t even know you,… Continue Reading “Choosing to Believe My Father Loves Me”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bad Dad, Bad Father, Child of God, Children of God, Dad, Does God care?, Does God have feelings?, Does God Love Me?, Earthly Father, Faith, Father Heart of God, Father's Love, Feelings of God, God, God the Father, God's Tender Heart, Good Father, Heavenly Father, Hope, love, Loved by God, Mercy, My Dad, Our Father, Our Father in Heaven, Passion, Passion of God, Salvation
As a Follower of Jesus, is it wrong to ask God to fulfill my desires? I have been asked this question more than once. There are two extreme responses that are often associated with Christianity. One comes out of the God-wants-you-to-be-happy theology and therefore,… Continue Reading “Choosing Lasting Satisfaction”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Contented, Contentment, Core Desires, Deceitful Desires, Desire, desires, Disappointment, Dissatisfaction, Dissatisfied, Empty, evil desires, Faith, Fraudulent Desires, Fulfilled, Fulfilled Desires, Fulfillment, Give it to me, Give it to me now, God-given desires, godly desires, Happiness, Hope, I want, I want it, Joy, Longing, love, make me happy, Passion, Passionate, Peace, Real Life, Satisfaction, Satisfied, Surface Desires, Unfulfilled desires
Posted on January 20, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I had a professor in college who challenged all of us to be passionate . . . about anything. Throughout the semester he often said that it didn’t really matter what we were passionate about, just that we cared deeply enough about a cause,… Continue Reading “Choosing What I am Passionate About”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Affection, Affectionate, Affections, Apathy, Augustine, Beatles, Beauty, Eternal, Eternally Valuable, Eternity, Eye of the beholder, Feel Deeply, Feel Strongly, Feelings, Goodness, Got to Get You Into My Life, Greatest Good, Justice, love, Love God, Love Jesus, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, No Apathy, Ordo Amoris, Passion, Passionate, Passionate love, Rightly Ordered Loves, Strong Feelings, Valuable, Worthy, Worthy of Love
Posted on December 11, 2023
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I had a professor in college who challenged all of us to be passionate . . . about anything. Throughout the semester he often said that it didn’t really matter what we were passionate about, just that we cared deeply enough about a cause,… Continue Reading “Choosing the Order of My Affections”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Affection, Affections, Beauty, Confused, Confused Passions, Deep Feelings, Emotion, Emotions, Eternal Value, Eternal Values, Eternity, Feelings, Goodness, Justice, love, Loving, Misdirected Passions, Order of Affections, Ordered Loves, Ordo Amoris, Passion, Passionate, Passions, Rightly Ordered Loves, Saint Augustine, Sentiment, Sentiments
Posted on November 6, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a Follower of Jesus, is it wrong to ask God to fulfill my desires? I have been asked this question more than once. There are two extreme responses that I now see getting associated with Christianity. One comes out of the God-wants-you-to-be-happy theology… Continue Reading “Choosing to CallOut Dishonest Desires”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appetites, Core Desire, Core Desires, Craving, Deceit, Deceitful, Desire, Desire of the Heart, desires, Desires from God, Dishonest, Fulfilled Dreams, Good Desires, Heart Desire, Lier, Lies, Longing, lust, Lying, Misleading, Passion, Passionate, Passions, Reliable, Strong Desire, True Desires, Trustworthiness, Trustworthy, Wants, Will
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 Love that Gives”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Agape Love, Choosing to Give, Choosing to give the greatest good, Crazy Love, Divine Love, Enduring Love, For God so loved the world, God Is Love, God's love, Good Gifts, John 3:16, Let us love one another, Long-suffering love, love, Love Gives, Love Hurts, Love is not a feeling, Love that Gives, Loving the unloveable, Passion, Passionate love, sacrificial love, Suffering Love, The Greatest Gift, The Greatest Good, Unconditional Love, Unfailing Love
Posted on August 15, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As a Follower of Jesus, is asking God to fulfill my desires a bad thing? I have been asked this question more than once. There are two extremes that I now see getting associated with Christianity. One comes out of the God-wants-you-to-be-happy theology and… Continue Reading “Choosing to Follow Honest Desires”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Core Desire, Deceit, Deceitful, Desire, desires, Fake Desires, Heart Desire, Honest, Lier, Lies, Longing, Longings, Passion, Passions, Peace, Real Desire, Significance, Surface Desires, Trust, Trusting God, Truth Teller, Truthful
Posted on July 11, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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The 4th of July has traditionally been one of the most important days for Americans to express their patriotism, loyalty, and love of country. As a kid, I vaguely understood this. Fireworks, picnics, and homemade ice cream were what I perceived and appreciated most.… Continue Reading “Choosing My Allegiance”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 4th of July, Allegiance, choices, Commitment, Devotion, Jesus is Lord, King Jesus, Kingdom of God, Loyalties, Loyalty, Meaning, Passion, Passionate, Passions, Pledge of Allegiance, Purpose, Ruler Over All
Posted on May 10, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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“I just want to feel good.” This is the mantra I’ve heard from many people over the years who are trying to figure out their existence. Confusion, discomfort, boredom. They’re looking for something that makes life feel better—worth living, that takes away the discomfort or at… Continue Reading “Choosing to Put My Feelings On a Diet”
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