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The year 2025 has come to an end and we have now stepped into a new one. There are all kinds of things to wonder about: what will be different in 2026? What will be the same? What new hope will this year offer?… Continue Reading “Choosing to Live on the Edge”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Afraid, birth, Change, Dissatisfied, Dread, Evaluation, Faith, fear, Funeral, goal setting, Goals, God, Heavenly Father, Hope, I want change, I want more, I'm Stuck, Jesus Christ, love, Make a Change, Make room for God, Most Precious, Need a Change, New Beginning, New Year, New Year's Resolutions, Not happy with my life, Predictability, Salvation, Seasons, Seasons of Life, Staying in Control, Stuck, Trust, Unending Sameness, Values, What's Most Important?
Posted on December 22, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Christmas is here, and we’re celebrating again. Food, presents, holiday movies, and family. At least those are the traditions for some. But why? And for those who have little to spend on food or gifts, who don’t like movies and, for whatever reason, aren’t… Continue Reading “Choosing to Celebrate Even More!”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Adore Him, Alone, Baby Jesus, By myself, Celebrate, Celebration, Christmas, Despair, Easter, Emmanuel, Eternal Life, Eternity, Faith, First Christmas, First Noel, God, God became flesh, Hate the Holidays, Holiday Season, Holidays, Hope, Humility, I hate my body, Immanuel, Incarnation, Jesus, Lasting Hope, Lonely, love, Manger scene, Party, Reason for the Season, Resurrection, Salvation, Saved, Self hatred, Trust, Word became flesh, Xmas, Yuletide
Posted on December 8, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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“He will order His angels to protect you.” These words from Psalm 91 should be a great comfort for those who are putting their trust in God. It says in verse 6, “Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that… Continue Reading “Choosing to Remember God’s Track Record”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bible, Christianity, Don't Forget, Doubts, Faith, Forgetting God, God, God is Faithful, Hope, Jesus, love, Pride, Remember, Salvation, sin, Struggling with Doubts, Temptation, Tested, Testing God, Trust, Trust God, Word of God
Posted on November 17, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I once read an article by an atheist describing the serenity he felt as he overlooked a beautiful valley while drinking a cup of coffee. The point he was trying to make was that Christians do not have a monopoly on peace. He was… Continue Reading “Choosing Calm in the Storm”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Absence of Conflict, Calm, Contentment, Faith, Fruits of the Spirit, God, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lasting Peace, love, Peace, Peace of God, peacemakers, Prince of Peace, Rest, Safe, Salvation, Shalom, Sleep well, Stay Calm, Storms of Life, Tranquility, True Peace, Trust
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
The first time I remember contemplating the word “adultery,” I wondered why it was called that. My conclusion, as a child, was that it was a word to describe the many things that adults do. Though I did not understand it, at the time,… Continue Reading “Choosing to Recognize My Adulterous Heart”
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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
A few years back, some friends asked if I would keep their car while they spent a few months working in Asia. I could use it as a second vehicle if I took care of it. It ended up being a great deal for… Continue Reading “Choosing to Claim Nothing As My Own”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Arrogant, Care, Caretaker, Caretaking, Clinging, Clingy, custodian, desires, entrusted, Faith, Faithful, fear, Fearful, Fearless, Fiduciary, gratitude, guardian, Hope, Hubris, Humility, It's not mine, keeper, love, Mine, My Stuff, Open-handed, Ownership, Personal Property, Poor, Poverty, Pride, protector, Proudful, Relationships, Release, Releasing, Responsibility, Rich, Self-gratification, Sentry, Serve, Serving, Shepherd, Stewardship, Superintendent, Thanksgiving, Trust, Trust God, Trusting, Trustworthy, Unselfish, warden, Wealthy, Wisdom, Wise
I have been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work for quite a while. Not only do I enjoy reading and rereading his stories of Middle Earth Hobbits, Elves, and Dwarves, but I find snatches of insight about his personal life, faith, and philosophy intriguing… Continue Reading “Choosing to Love What is True”
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Posted on February 17, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I chaperoned a field trip for my daughter’s elementary school class years ago. We went to San Antonio, Texas and toured the Alamo Mission. Having lived in Texas for several years by that time, the history of the place was already familiar. As part… Continue Reading “Choosing to Give Up!”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Alfred the Great, Best to give up, Complete Surrender, Concede, Confused, Confusion, Davy Crockett, Don't know what to do, Don't resist, Eternity, Faith, Family of God, freedom, Give Up, God is Good, God is Trustworthy, Guthrum, Hope, How to change, Humility, I Quit, I Surrender, love, Mercy, Not sure what to do, Pride, Resist, Stop resisting, Strength through surrender, Submission, Submit, Submit to God, Surrender, Surrender to God, Surrender to Jesus, The Alamo, Trust, Trust God, Vikings, Why resist, Why submit
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