Tag: Unforgiveness

Choosing to Declutter

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Jeff Herringshaw

Is “spring cleaning” a real thing? For some, this annual purging is what marks the official emergence from the dark survival mode of winter. It’s a time to step into the bright and hopeful newness of a fresh season. It’s a regenerated start, embracing… Continue Reading “Choosing to Declutter”

Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anxiety, Anxious Thoughts, Bad Habits, Cleaning, Cleansing, Decluttering, fear, forgiveness, freedom, Grudges, Letting Go, Making Changes, New Habits, Old Habits, Releasing, Resentment, Rethinking, Self Evaluation, Spiritual Bath, Spring Cleaning, Unforgiveness, Washing

Choosing the Path of the Unoffended

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Jeff Herringshaw

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I was deliberately maligned. A ministry co-worker, years ago, told my supervisor that I had screamed at her when she had confronted me. When this was brought to my attention, I knew right away that she was covering for her own bad behavior in… Continue Reading “Choosing the Path of the Unoffended”

Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anger, Angry, Betrayed, Bitter, Falsely Accused, forgive, forgiveness, Free, freedom, Grudge, Grudge Free, Hurt, Hurtful, Letting Go, Living Free, Maligned, Offended, Offense, Offense Free, Release, Releasing, Resentful, Resentment, Self Righteousness, Unfair, Unforgiveness, Unoffendable, Unoffended

Choosing Maturity

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

Choosing to Not Be Like Jonah

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Jeff Herringshaw

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My father was a boy during World War 2. He often heard of atrocities that America’s enemies, the Japanese and the Germans, were committing. According to the stories, those foreigners were the villainous aggressors, and they were seeking to come to our country to… Continue Reading “Choosing to Not Be Like Jonah”

Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Animosity, Bad People, Bitterness, Cancel, Canceling, Character of God, Compassion, Compassionate, Enemies, Enemy, Evil, Evil Behavior, forgive, forgiveness, God Is Love, God's Heart, God's love, God's Mercy, Grace, Hate your enemies, Hatred, Jonah, Judgment, Love your enemies, Merciful, Mercy, Unforgiveness

Choosing to Forgive When I Don’t Feel Like It

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Jeff Herringshaw

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My stomach muscles tightened as I sat in the YWAM class and admitted to myself that I hated those kids. Before we joined Youth With A Mission (YWAM), I had taught English to middle schoolers at a California inner-city school. My first three years… Continue Reading “Choosing to Forgive When I Don’t Feel Like It”

Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anger, Betrayal, Bitter, Bitterness, forgiveness, Getting Unstuck, Hatred, Hurts, Inner Healing, Moving Forward, Releasing, Unforgiveness