Posted on April 7, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was 19 years old working a summer job between college semesters painting our little town’s city hall. It was a season of experiencing new life in my spiritual walk with Jesus. One day, I was overjoyed to have a conversation with a local… Continue Reading “Choosing Risky Love”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bitter, Bitterness, Communication, Faith, Good Communication, Hard conversations, Hate, Healing Words, Honest, Honesty, Hope, love, Loving Words, Offended, Offensive, Relationships, Right Relationships, Speak the truth in love, Speak Truth, Truth, Unforgiveness, Words
As far back as I can remember, I have largely interpreted life, my value, and my impressions of those around me through the words I hear. What I have taken in through my ears has lodged deep into my soul. Countless words have cut… Continue Reading “Choosing to Speak Life”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: advocate, Affirm, applaud, approve, backbiting, backstabbing, bad-mouth, Belittle, boost, cheer, Comfort, console, Crude Jokes, Crude Talk, Curse, Curses, damage, defamation, defame, depreciate, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dishonor, Dishonoring, disparage, Encourage, Encouragement, Energize, enliven, Faith, False, Falsehood, gladden, Gossip, Healing, Healing Words, Heart Motive, Honoring, Hope, Hurt, Hurtful, Hurtful Words, injure, inspire, Jokes, libel, Lies, Life-giving, Life-Giving Words, Lips, love, Lying, Lying Lips, malign, Mouth, muckrake, mud-slinging, Negative Words, Painful Words, Power of the Tongue, Praise, promote, Refresh, revile, Sarcasm, Sarcastic Words, slam, Slander, Slandering Words, slime, slur, smear, smile, Speech, Spoken Word, Support, Talk, Talking, tear down, The Mouth, The Tongue, Truth, Truth in Love, Words
Posted on November 7, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As far back as I can remember, I have largely interpreted life, my value, and my impressions of those around me through the words I hear. What I have taken in through my ears has lodged deep into my soul. Countless words have cut… Continue Reading “Choosing the Right Words”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Accusations, Accusing, Arrogant, Believing the best, Calling, Complaining, Cutting Words, Deadly, Death and Life, Destiny, Destruction, Destructive, Encourage, Encouragement, Encouraging, Gossip, grateful, Grumbling, Hate, Hate Speech, Hope, Humble words, Hurtful, Identity, Intention of the Heart, Kind, Kind Words, Kindness, Life-giving, love, Mean, Mean Spirited, Motives, Pride, Proudful, Sarcasm, Sarcastic, Speech, Thankful, The Heart, The Lips, The Mouth, The Tongue, Words, Wounding Words
Posted on April 26, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As far back as I can remember, I have largely interpreted life, my value, and my impressions of those around me through the words I hear. What I have taken in through my ears has lodged deep into my soul. Countless words have cut… Continue Reading “Choosing Life-Giving Words”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Complaining, Encouraging Words, Gossip, Grumbling, Healing Words, Hurtful Words, Life-Giving Words, Negative Talk, Power of the Tongue, Power of Words, Speaking Death, Speaking Life, Thanksgiving, Words, Wounding Words
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