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 pursue it.”

“Safety is not a destination that we reach for, rather it is a retreat that we escape to. And if our lives are marked by the incessant search for safety, we will live the whole of it going in reverse.”

“Real relationships are the product of time spent, which is why so many of us have so few of them.”

“I incessantly look for water in wells dug by men, and I have drunk enough sand to prove it.”

“God’s decision to reach out in such dramatic fashion as to lay all rightful privilege aside and be born into abject destitution tells us that His passion for us exceeds our desire for Him. And maybe we should commit to evening that up a bit.”

“If my decisions constantly heed the voice of the world, I can be completely assured that I’m going to end up in a ‘world of hurt.’ If my decisions heed the word of God, I can be completely assured that this ‘world of hurt’ isn’t anywhere near my solar system.”

“In many instances, the failures of my greatest schemes ultimately lead to the fulfillment of my greatest successes. Therefore, God will allow our most cherished dreams to perish so that we might turn and seek out His most cherished plans.”

“Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.”

“The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.”

“To ascend the mountain, we must descend to our knees.”

“The dark might be dark, but at least we don’t have to look at ourselves when we’re standing in it.”

“The key to understanding if something is truly precious is to ask if we can hold it, for things truly precious cannot be held.”

“The only thing I have to wait for to change my life is my attitude.”

“What I allow into my head finds its way to my heart, which is a porthole to my soul. Therefore, I might be wise to consider the state of my soul, and then walk this process backwards.”

“Worlds of my own creation are erected with walls that are within but a few scant paces of each other. The world that God creates for me has no idea what walls are.”

“Real, lasting closure is never secured through retribution or retaliation.”

“To realize your potential you must look beyond the end of yourself, realizing that where you end is most likely where you actually begin.”

“The point that I think myself to be so terribly clever is the precise point at which I am beginning to think myself to be god-like, which causes me to become God-less.”

“It would be advisable to realize that we will eventually become whatever it is that we’ve created. And too often what we’ve created is a massive mess.”

“Tragedy descends, and in the carnage our enraged cynicism screams ‘If there was a God, He would not have allowed this!’ And somehow we’ve conveniently forgotten that once upon a time He allowed us to tell Him to go away, and once upon that time we allowed ourselves to take Him up on that offer.”