19 Quotes by Craig D. Lounsbrough about Trials
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The turbulent nature of the storm is always second to the loving nature of God. Therefore, while an umbrella might keep me dry, it is God who dries the umbrella.
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My soul is utterly frantic for that single place of perfect refuge from which I can clearly see the winds rip and hear the tempest tear, yet despite the ferocity of the tumult I rest in such a sublime peace it is as if neither existed at all. And if I have not yet found such a place, it is because I have not yet found God.
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If we were willing to take the trial in our hands and peel back the pain, underneath the layers we would find unimagined opportunity. So maybe we should practice peeling.
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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.
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The very places that we presume God not to be are the very places that are filled with His footprints and littered with His fingerprints.
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I have yet to learn that I am not designed to carry the burden of men. Rather, I am designed to carry the love of God so that I might soothe the burden of men.
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Am I a storm-waster? For it is within the fury of the very storms within which I cower that I find resources for my growth that are entirely absent on calmer days.
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Do not confuse trials with failure, as trials speak to the size of the thing to which we have been called and not the difficulties of the journey that are part of getting there.
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Without mountains, we might find ourselves relieved that we can avoid the pain of the ascent, but we will forever miss the thrill of the summit. And in such a terribly scandalous trade-off, it is the absence of pain that becomes the thief of life.
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