“I would rather have the approval of God over the accolades of men. For while men might 'lift' me up, God is… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Approval Copy Share Image
“When we surrender to apathy and expect the world to deliver everything to us, we deliver ourselves to a slow death and… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Apathy Copy Share Image
“The best I can do is to ‘pretend’ that I’m my own god. But in the pretending I have to pretend that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Christian Copy Share Image
“If I rise above what people do to me and consistently strive to be the ‘bigger man’ despite the cost to me,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If there’s one thing that’s irrefutably absurd, it’s believing that we can separate intelligence from wisdom and still have it be intelligence.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Absurd Copy Share Image
“When you change you are illustrating the fact that it can be done. And what people need today are illustrations.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Change Copy Share Image
“Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“However far I’ve come, it’s probably somewhere less than halfway of where I could be if I simply believed in myself.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Accomplishment Copy Share Image
“Many times I have walked the road in the solemn hush of a winter’s snowfall. And it seems that the inexpressible peace… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Christian Copy Share Image
“I took a walk this morning. And as I did, I wished that an awakening world would see opportunities in this day… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Awakening Copy Share Image
“Trust is fragile. Yet, the forces that crush it are not. Therefore, the person who is willing to extend trust into an… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Faith Copy Share Image
“Where an attitude of thankfulness is not, greed takes root. And that root will only fall to the axe of thankfulness. Therefore,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I realize that I have been thrust into an existence so vast in both scope and complexity that I cannot hope to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The world is shaken by major events, but it is ‘transformed’ by slight subtleties. And while we may be far too small… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“To be enriched in the giving, I must at the self-same time be completely depleted by it. For if I am not… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Christian Copy Share Image
“My Dad did nothing to elevate himself, for selflessness was a trait within himself that compelled him to live outside of himself.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Dad Copy Share Image
“If I’m a slave to thankfulness I will never to be a slave to that which I’m thankful for. And the fact… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Appreciation Copy Share Image
“In my impatience I become convinced that this desire of mine should have been fulfilled yesterday, when it belongs to a tomorrow… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Desire Copy Share Image
“Common sense implies a cup of wisdom, a dash of discernment, and a dollop of intellectual acumen that's blended clean and translucent.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Common sense Copy Share Image
“To recklessly excuse a failure is to believe that I’ve effectively erased it from the story of my life, when I’ve actually… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Don’t say it if you’re not going to live it. And if you’re going to live it, you don’t have to say… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Authentic Copy Share Image
“The legitimacy of something is not dependent upon my ability to explain it, for my inability to explain something often evidences the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Belief Copy Share Image
“Keeping company with God does not determine what’s coming at me. However, it certainly impacts whether it decides to come.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Adversary Copy Share Image
“I can gaze into the infinity of a nighttime sky, or I can stare at my phone. And the insanity of it… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Choices Copy Share Image
“I ask, ‘Is the cup half-empty or half-full?’ And when I ask that question, I am amazed at how many people have… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Aspirations Copy Share Image
“If my heart is set on pursuing real treasures, my mind must be fixed solely on the privilege of enjoying them and… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Maybe the best way to think about something in a ‘new’ way is to believe enough in what we already know to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Accomplishments Copy Share Image
“Underneath the chaos there stirs a great plan. And it will be birthed only if I give it permission to do so… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Birth Copy Share Image
“Throughout our lifetime many people come ‘to’ us. But if they haven’t come ‘for’ us the coming doesn’t matter. And I would… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Acquaintances Copy Share Image
“Oh that I had the opportunity to rethink so many of my decisions, for the pitfalls into which I have so frequently… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Choices Copy Share Image
“It is not our contemplation of life. Rather, it is the living out of our lives so that we have something to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Adventure Copy Share Image
“A lie is a forgery of a truth that is too big to embrace because of a prejudice that we’re too afraid… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Cowardice Copy Share Image
“Even if yesterday was wildly successful, I still don’t want to repeat it. Rather, I want to build on it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Any dream that I am absolutely confident I can achieve should immediately be discarded for the simple reason that it is simply… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A mountain is never measured by how tall it is. Rather, it is measured by how tall we will be once we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Challenges Copy Share Image
“I paved the path to the very place I don’t want to be. But passing the blame off to someone else doesn’t… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The death and resurrection of Jesus didn’t scrub us clean. Rather, it purged us of everything filthy so that scrubbing was unnecessary.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Christian Copy Share Image
“If I spend all of my time wondering whether the goal can actually be achieved, I will soon forget all of the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Attitude Copy Share Image
“God will always want me more than I will want Him. And it seems quite reasonable to me that the greatest way… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Christian Copy Share Image
“Filling a hole in a manner that doesn’t address how it was dug is to fill a hole that is certain to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Dug Copy Share Image
