“Suddenly finding myself imprisoned in the ruins of the fortresses I created, I realize that that which I built to protect me… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“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 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
“We can only get to God through God. Every other possible avenue is a dead-end before it even starts.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“What insanity propels me to incessantly invest in a world that never ceases to fail me? And what ignorance bewitches me so… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“In the thoughtlessness of my incessant hurry, I have made God an ‘addendum in’ my life verses the ‘agenda of’ my life.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It is not the absence of hope. Rather, it is the absence of our faith in hope.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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 Copy Share Image
“The things I’m burning daylight to figure out in my head are things God has already figured out in His. Faith then… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If the journey I am on is of my terribly tedious design, dead ends will likely be my lot. If the journey… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Faith means I chose not to know, which is different than ignorance which refuses to know.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Faith is acknowledging what I can’t see as a means of embracing that which I cannot afford to miss.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“This week God clearly told me to get out of my boxes. And I rather quickly discovered that trading my current box… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Strength other than that received from God is just hype manufactured by men.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If the light we have is continually engulfed by the darkness in a way that makes the darkness even darker, maybe we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“God’s absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request… — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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 Copy Share Image
“To give myself over in the service of others may mean that I will forfeit everything that I want, but it also… — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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 Copy Share Image
“I am human. Therefore, I will fail you. God is not and will not.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“When our lives are difficult beyond description, we must remember that our God is good beyond explanation.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“You were not made to tend to the grave of your mistakes because God removed the coffin and backfilled the hole.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Although it often appears to be the case, retreating to God is not an impulse bred of cowardice. Rather, it is a… — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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 Copy Share Image
“An attitude of thankfulness keeps me centered when every attitude other than thankfulness promises me a center that it can’t find.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It is not the force of the wind, but the depth of the roots.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I’m not trying to save you from yourself. I’m trying to help you save yourself from yourself.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children without cultivate… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It’s better to die for what’s right than live for what’s wrong.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“To stand at the very moment when all seems lost is the point of insanity for the coward, but it is the home of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Thankfulness acknowledges that we can’t own anything, but we can experience everything. And just knowing that makes me thankful.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Do not be fooled. Passive prayers hastily tossed out as some second-thought appeasement at those junctures when life’s more pressing duties benevolently grant us… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
