Tag: Patience
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 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
What is it about children and their selective hearing? They conveniently fail to perceive instructions or warnings they don’t like. But if a parent for some reason does not follow through with something he said he might do, there is a predictable mantra shouted:… Continue Reading “Choosing to Trust Again”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anticipating, Blood oath, Commitment, Covenant, Covenantal Love, Cynic, Cynicism, Endurance, Endure, Eternal, Eternal Life, Eternity, Faith, Faithful, Faithfulness, God, God's Character, Hope, I promise, It's not over, Jesus, love, Patience, Patient, Pledge, Promise, Promise Keeper, Promises, Reliable, Renewal, Return of Christ, Take Heart, Trust, Trustworthiness, vows, Wait, Waiting
I always saw myself as a laid-back, easy-going person. That was until my first year of teaching remedial English to 8th graders in a California inner-city school. My carefully composed lesson plans were sabotaged daily by 13 and 14 year olds who derived perverse… Continue Reading “Choosing to Step Back and Wait”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Calmness, Composure, Cool, Endurance, Endure, Faith, Forbearance, Fortitude, Fruit of the Spirit, Grit, Hope, Jesus, Long Suffering, love, Patience, Patient, Peace, Renewal, Renewed Strength, Restraint, Serenity, Stoic, Stoicism, Suffer, Tolerance, Toleration, Wait, Wait on the Lord
Not too long ago I had a conversation with a person who struggles with addiction. He told me how he has a goal of developing more self discipline in his life. But he finds that he always fails in his efforts. He feels that… Continue Reading “Choosing to Let Desperation Work”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Attitude Change, Change, Desperate, Desperation, Discomfort, Do it on my own, Faith, Frustration, Hope, I Need God, Last resort, Long Suffering, love, Miserable, Misery, Motivation, Out of options, Pain, Patience, Perseverance, Suffering, the human will, Transformation
It hit the airwaves just before I graduated from high school. And though I never absorbed any of the lyrics except the first line, I found myself humming and singing those few words over and over. There was also a movie and TV series… Continue Reading “Choosing a Long-Term View of My Life”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anti-materialism, Assets, Eternal Life, Eternity, Faith, Fame, Famous, Forever, Heaven, Heavenly reality, Hope, Hopeful, immortal, immortality, Incorruptible life, Invest, Investments, Live forever, Long life, Long Suffering, Long-Term, love, Materialism, Never die, Never give up, Patience, Perseverance, Persevere, Physical, Physical reality, short life, short-term, Short-term Thinking, Skepticism, Wait, Waiting
How many plans have been started with grand vision and then abandoned because of how insignificant and underwhelming the idea later felt? My visionary follow-through often struggles. Emotions of discouragement settle in when the glorious things I imagine don’t swiftly materialize. Not seeing an… Continue Reading “Choosing to Begin Small”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Afraid, Begin, Begin Small, Beginnings, Don't despise small beginnings, Embarrassing, Eyes of Faith, Eyes to See, Faith, fear, Fresh Start, Greatness, Hope, Inadequate, Insignificant, Insignificant beginnings, Loaves and Fishes, love, Mustard Seed, Patience, Simple, Simple Obedience, Simple Offering, Simple Prayers, Small Beginnings, So small, Start Small, Surrender, Think Big, Trust, Trusting Heart
Several years ago, I assisted two of my grandchildren in making a craft/snack project. With the help of their grandmother, we made little “bird nests” out of peanut butter, chocolate, and crunchy chow mein noodles. As a final touch, we placed three colorful jellybeans… Continue Reading “Choosing to Wait for the Blessing”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Blessed, Comfort, Controlled by the Spirit, Delayed Gratification, Endurance, Endure, Future Blessing, Future Glory, Future Good, Future Hope, Have Patience, Hope, I give up, I want it now, It's coming, Joy comes in the morning, Keep going, Long Suffering, Long-Term Thinking, Meek, Merciful, mourning, Patience, peacemakers, Perseverance, Persevere, poor in spirit, Promises, Promises of God, promises of Jesus, Pure in heart, Resolution, Self-Control, Short-sighted, The Beatitudes, Tired of waiting, Wait, Wait for it, Waited long enough, Why wait?
Posted on October 24, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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How many plans have been started with grand vision and then abandoned because of how insignificant and underwhelming the idea later felt? My visionary follow-through often struggles. Emotions of discouragement settle in when the glorious things I imagine don’t swiftly materialize. Not seeing an… Continue Reading “Choosing to See Beyond What’s in Front of Me”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Ashamed, Broken Pieces, Broken Places, Despair, Effective Faith, Embarrassed, Embarrassing, Faith, Feeding the 5000, Great Faith, Hope, Hope filled, Hopeful, Hoping, Immediate outcome, Insignificance, Insignificant, Littlest, Loaves and Fishes, Long Suffering, Mustard Seed of Faith, Patience, Persevere, Perseverence, Seeing, Small Beginnings, Small Faith, Smallest, The Least of These, The Lord's Work, Trust, Trust God, Trust in the Lord, Unashamed, Unredeemable
Posted on May 2, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I always saw myself as a laid-back, easy-going person. That was until my first year of teaching remedial English to 8th graders in a California inner-city school. My carefully composed lesson plans were sabotaged daily by 13 and 14 year olds who derived perverse… Continue Reading “Choosing Patience”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Delayed Gratification, Despair, Destiny, Eternal Perspective, Eternity, Expectation, Expecting Good, Fruit of the Spirit, Future Good, Hope, Hopeful, Hopelessness, Hoping, Impatience, Instant Gratification, Long Suffering, Patience, Patient, Short-term Thinking, Wait, Waiting
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