“ Words can be honed to crafted perfection by the finest wordsmiths. Yet, if we trust solely in the expanse of them to explain this God of ours or articulate our experience of Him, we will have brutally… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Such is the power of truth that even the slightest whisper of it can handily drown out the most boisterous of lies, which may explain why in many instances God only needs to whisper. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It has nothing to do with who I am as compared to everyone else. It has everything to do with who I am in companionship with God. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To grasp love, I must grasp the fact that it is a creation of God and therefore it is forever beyond me. But the very fact that it is forever beyond me is the very thing that prompts me to forever pur… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Our actions in the present build the staircase to the future. The question is whether that staircase is going up or down. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To be ignorant of the sacrifices of others that yielded the blessings I enjoy leaves me exchanging the reality of 'blessing' for the assumption of 'entitlement.' And once that happens, I will forfeit… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The reason my life has wandered to nowhere is likely due to the fact that the focus of the moment has dictated the destination of my life, when the destination of my life should have been dictating th… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I fear that should I seek out the treasures around me, they might by comparison reveal that I have not cultivated the treasures within me. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Fear tells me that while there might be a host of people who wish to stand beside me in times of crisis, the tangled wreckage is sometimes so enormous that the best of their efforts leave them strande… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Despite my incessant desperation, I simply cannot paint the perfect picture within which I would wish to live out my life. And because I cannot, God picked up the brush of love, positioned the canvas… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Denial is a seductive ruse of our own making, force-fitting our agendas by forcing out truth all because we bent to fear rather than bowed to God. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If the baser instinct of rampant self-preservation adamantly refuses to surrender itself to the infinitely greater call of self-sacrifice, in attempting to save our lives we will have in reality compl… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ When standing face to face with myself, I far too often refuse to look in the mirror. When standing face to face with God, there is no place where a mirror is not. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The challenge is never based on the size of the obstacle that stands before me. Rather, it is dictated by the degree of faith that rests within me. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Most journeys are armchair calculations strategically charted in some reclined state that are designed to allow us to embark upon a grand journey without ever leaving the armchair. However, real journ… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Happenstance is the myth of the simple mind, for it is the deliberate genius of God that what appears entirely disjointed always reveals itself to be stunningly seamless. And it is in reflecting on su… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Love is a perpetual journey that is extraordinary because it will never find itself terminated by a destination. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We would prefer all gain and no loss in life, yet that would gain us nothing more than great loss. Craig D. Lounsbrough
