Posted on September 8, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I read of her in my college literature class, Lady Elaine of Astolat. A figure in Arthurian legend, she died from the weight of unrequited love. Sir Lancelot just didn’t feel it the same way she did. Of course, dying because of or for… Continue Reading “Choosing Painful Love”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Broken Heart, Death of Jesus, Faith, Feeling Good, Feelings, For the sake of love, Forget about myself, God, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Laying down my life, Long Suffering, love, Love Hurts, Martyrs, Pain, Painful, Painful Love, Real Love, Relational Bliss, Relationships, sacrificial love, Suffering, Suffering for Christ, Tragic Love, True Love, vows
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
Posted on December 28, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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A chance for new beginnings and making life improvements. A clean slate to start over. That’s what so many of us long for and what the new year seems to offer. The tradition of making New Year’s resolutions has been popular for quite a… Continue Reading “Choosing Resolutions that Stick”
Posted on May 18, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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This Friday, my wife and I will celebrate 38 years of marriage. We were both 20 when we said, “I do,” having first met when we were freshmen in high school. Many times I’ve been asked two questions: 1) how did we know that… Continue Reading “Choosing to Say “I Do” Everyday”