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
I have worked with some people over the years with serious pride issues. Surely you know the type I’m talking about. They see and hear only what they want and leave room for little to no outside input into their work, their projects, their… Continue Reading “Choosing to See IT in Me”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 7 Deadly Sins, Arrogance, Blinded, Blindness, conceit, Control, Control the narrative, distorted view, ego, ego-trip, egoism, Hubris, Humble, Humility, Insolence, my value, Narcissism, Narcissist, Open Eyes, Original Sin, Presumption, pretension, Pride, Proud, Self-importance, self-love, Self-pity, sin, Sin of sins, Sinner, smug, smugness, snob, Thinking too highly of myself, vanity
Posted on February 6, 2023
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 most people consider it a virtue of… Continue Reading “Choosing to Walk in Humility”
Posted on November 8, 2021
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 most people consider it a virtue of… Continue Reading “Choosing Humility”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Contrite Heart, Emptied, Empty, Empty Myself, Exalt, Exalted, Full of Myself, Humble, Humiliate, Humiliation, Humility, Meek, Pride, Proud, Self Exaltation, Surrender, Surrendered
Posted on March 22, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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All through my early years I saw myself as a humble man. The fallacy of that image was exposed the day I was informed that the one-on-one, who I understood would be my “mentor” in the YWAM training program was a single, 19-year-old kid.… Continue Reading “Choosing to Be Taught”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Arrogance, Arrogant, Childlike, Humble, Humility, Instruction, Learn, Learner, Pride, Proud, Teachable