“If we fail to instill a fixed sense of confidence in our children, we will raise handicapped children who have no handicap… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Belief Copy Share Image
“To feel helpless is to acknowledge our limitations, but it does not have to be an acceptance of them.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Just knowing that God goes with us changes everything about the place that we’re going, as well as the place we were… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Availability Copy Share Image
“Too often, opinion is a lens polished by the grit of bias. And as I stare through my own lens, I might… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Accuracy Copy Share Image
“A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Agenda Copy Share Image
“I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, I’d be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Ego Copy Share Image
“Thankfulness always sees everything as a gift even though it might be wrapped in some rather unsavory wrapping paper, for the wrapping… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Acumen Copy Share Image
“God will never allow a flood in your life without providing you a boat within which the storm itself is repelled, the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Boat Copy Share Image
“If I can draw the slightest smile across a single face obliterated by pain, in that act I will have begun to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Alter Copy Share Image
“We can’t sufficiently define love with our words. Therefore, the only option that we’re left with is to show it in our… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Actions Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seems that we choose to see the ‘parts’ of our lives as the ‘whole’ of our lives. Parts are far… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Bigger Copy Share Image
“One of the most terrifying questions of all might be, ‘Will I unleash myself to live before death unleashes me from the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Apathy Copy Share Image
“My rather arrogant attitude deludes me into believing that my ability to understand something is the criteria for its legitimacy. And if… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Arrogance Copy Share Image
“The only way to achieve a dream worth dreaming is to accept the reality that each victory that we experience along the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Aspirations Copy Share Image
“To ‘pretend’ is to say that I’m willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and I’m unwilling to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Authentic Copy Share Image
“The criteria for being an armchair quarterback is that you don’t need any. The benefit of being an armchair quarterback is that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Arrogant Copy Share Image
“You know you have a problem on your hands when you ask someone how to spell “orange” and they ask, “The color… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Color Copy Share Image
“Right now I am making the choice to live out this day choosing to be intentional about not being unintentional.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Choice Copy Share Image
“Maybe one of the greatest criticisms that we can levy against ourselves is our unwillingness to stand against the criticisms that people… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Critical Copy Share Image
“Devastation is in fact the raw material from which the best journeys are forged and the richest roads are paved.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Calling Copy Share Image
“A real journey will demand that I put my shoes on, but then I’ve got to stand up and walk. And if… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Bravery Copy Share Image
“Despite how utterly massive they might be, it is never the size of the arsenal nor the strength of the warrior. Rather,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Arsenal Copy Share Image
“Starting over is an acceptance of a past we can't change, an unrelenting conviction that the future can be different, and a… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Acceptance Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing brave in pushing myself to the edge of my comfort zone. Bravery is about refusing to be in any kind… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Brave Copy Share Image
“Being hurried sacrifices the journey for the sake of the goal. But have I stopped to think that achieving the goal is… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Contemplation Copy Share Image
“There appears to be value in getting past a mentality that good things can only rest in good things.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Good thing Copy Share Image
“When it comes to ‘poking the bear,’ the length of my stick will never be long enough to outrun the consequences of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Bear Copy Share Image
“I spend my life constantly calling in ‘imaginary’ debts that aren’t owed to me in order to avoid the ‘real’ debts that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Bankrupt Copy Share Image
“Here’s the way to destroy your life in sixty seconds or less; convince yourself that something is ‘right’ simply because you want… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Absolute Copy Share Image
“Was the challenge truly impossible, or was that in fact a product of my attitude? And if I had to make something… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Attitude Copy Share Image
“I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Arrogance Copy Share Image
“Maybe my ‘good deed for the day’ should be my commitment to making that statement plural every day.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Caring Copy Share Image
“Our vision is narrowed by the fear of what we might see if we dare to look, when what we should fear… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Dare Copy Share Image
“Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can’t hear it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Agendas Copy Share Image
“However, in many instances we might be very wise to ask what the consequence of removing the consequence might actually be.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Consequence Copy Share Image
“If I simply look at the map that I’ve so tediously created, it will explain why I’m laying at the bottom of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Choice Copy Share Image
“Ego is borne of the need to ‘prove’ oneself instead of making the choice to ‘be’ oneself. And so maybe we need… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Authentic Copy Share Image
“I am far too often the author of terribly poor decisions. Yet I must rest in the unalterable fact that God says… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Author 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 Avenue Copy Share Image
“Of all the sermons that I heard at church growing up, I can’t remember a single message that was preached in any… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Church Copy Share Image