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 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
I traveled quite a bit when my children were young. I led outreach teams to foreign countries and could be gone for several weeks at a time. We didn’t have a lot of money, and so when it came to bringing gifts home to… Continue Reading “Choosing Treasure Not Easily Seen”
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I traveled quite a bit when my children were young. I led outreach teams to foreign countries and could be gone for several weeks at a time. We didn’t have a lot of money, and so when it came to bringing gifts home to… Continue Reading “Choosing to Honor What is Truly Valuable”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Birthright, Childish Mindset, Esau, Eternal Dividends, Eternal Values, Eternal Wealth, Eternity, Faith, God's Values, Hope, Jacob, Long-Term Thinking, love, Relationships, Ruth, Short-Term Happiness, Short-term Thinking, The Prize, Treasure, True Wealth, Valuable, Values, Wealth
Posted on February 20, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Speculations on the beginning of the universe fascinate me. There is, of course, the Big Bang Theory (not the television show). It is the most commonly known hypothesis, proposing that all existing matter was at one time compressed into a tiny, infinitely dense speck… Continue Reading “Choosing to Start Small”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Baby Jesus, Christmas, God's love, God's Mercy, God's Wisdom, Humility, Incarnation, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Small Beginnings, Small Packages, The Incarnation, True Greatness, Value System, Values