“ I have both the violent turbulence of the storm and the quiet promises of God in the storm. And what I must work to remember is that something is not necessarily stronger simply because it’s louder. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I would be quite wise to realize that I will never craft a solution that will be the ‘end-all,’ and that God’s ability to craft perfect solutions never ends ‘at-all. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I paved the path to the very place I don’t want to be. But passing the blame off to someone else doesn’t put me any place else. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We opt to be seen as ‘right’ in the eyes of everyone else, rather than doing what’s ‘right’ in light of the situation. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ There’s something tightly woven throughout the fabric of our humanity that runs entirely opposite to the baser instinct of looking out for our own good. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Rhetoric can be easily recognized for it is delightfully sweet sounding but it is utterly void of sacrifice, which means it is utterly void of substance. Christmas is irrefutable evidence that God nev… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To calculate sacrifice is to attempt to sacrifice safely, and safe sacrifice is one of the most outrageous oxymoron’s I can think of. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I have forged many things that I believe to be things of great beauty. Yet if God is not a part of them, they are entirely counterfeit and I have been robbed blind by the work of my own hands. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It is, I think, a far lesser offense to blatantly ignore God’s directions for our lives rather than arrogantly think ourselves shrewd enough to be able to bend them to our liking without breaking them… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ And who would dare write their own death into the script so that the rest of the characters in the tale might live? God of course. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Too many of us view liberty as something that ‘just is,’ and too few see it as something that ‘is’ only because someone, somewhere was faced with the formidable reality that to keep liberty meant payi… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If I am so terribly limited as to view my handicaps as nothing more than lamentable limitations, then I have taken some of my greatest God-given assets and completely handicapped them. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Christmas is a bold act of emboldening sacrifice and the most selfless gift ever granted the rebellious lot that we are. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I would much prefer to enlarge your life by giving you the gift of my life, rather than gifting your life to material obesity with frivolous trinkets. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I have diligently disciplined my life to search out life’s gifts in the very places where society mistakenly says life stores its scraps. And I am constantly amazed that in the treasure trove that sur… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Opportunity is present is wreckage as much as it is in that which is wonderful. It’s not so much how it comes to us, but what we do with it. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We’re constantly presented with opportunity, or the opportunity to create opportunity. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Simply giving something ‘a shot’ is not giving something our ‘best,’ for our best is made up of as many ‘shots’ as it takes in order to be our best. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We really can’t afford to live our lives walking in some sort of introspective darkness as if the darkness is the only thing that we can walk in. Craig D. Lounsbrough
