READ, PROCESS, LINGER…
Why does the creek search for the river and the river for the sea? Both are determined in two ways: 1) Direction and 2) the easy way. The easy way is for rivers and creeks, the hard way is for humanity.
If we take a stroll, we only go half the distance – half our steps are retracing the first.
Legs were not made to sit upon but to walk upon.
Sunshine warms the air and our thoughts.
The person who does not stop to smell the roses is like a person digging a hole in the ground who doesn’t look up to see the angels overhead.
I have seen the smoke of the forest fire. I have seen the smoke of man – called politics.
The greatest endeavor – to live forever
The greatest journey – never ending
The greatest error – leaving the future pending
The greatest mistake – to wait till never.
The way people think and understand affects the way they perceive and believe. Culture, education, and religion make us different from each other. Learning to understand our differences results in our learning to live with one another. Tolerance is made easier by an open, friendly mind.
While I love You, everything has excellence and beauty. Loving You is my destiny, my duty. I must do it, Lord. And I will.
To be everybody else is weakness. To be yourself is strength. Peer pressure is for the insecure – the follower, so follow me. I’m following Christ. I am weak, He is strong.
Wealth enslaves humanity, while we are free to buy our own destruction.
The inferno is the wrong way in life’s journey.
Hell means no hope of death, no hope in death – both mean separation from God.
The angels in Tartarus who kept not their first estate rebelled against both God and satan, preferring themselves.
Daily, we must fly – free from yesterday’s sin and todays guilt. Fly free of tomorrow’s fears. Christ set us free – we are free indeed. Christ will keep us free to fly – fly home to Him.
Years of rubbing against the falseness of religion has calloused the mind of religious people, wrapping the soul in lifeless scar tissue.
From my point of view, God’s greatest creation is humanity. His greatest effort is the cross of redemption.
There is no greater passion than God’s passion for humanity, demonstrated by the Son on the cross.
Noah’s God is your God. The God of Moses, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is your God. The God nailed to a cross is your God. God has taken residency in your soul and beyond the universe. He is not removed from history, He controls it.
As believers in this life, we walk down potentially explosive trails through treacherous times. We live in the devil’s world of sin and evil and we will suffer and have hardship. But Christ is with us, and we will ultimately overcome. We are to stay in and complete the race – no dropouts. Learn, witness, and teach (tell) others.
Religion is pomp without purpose or action – religion puts on a show. It is ritual without God’s reality. We are all gripped by gravity and there’s only one exit, one escape.
Religion is nauseating to God, blasphemous to the cross of His beloved Son. Religion is satan’s cloak of evil.
The cost of freedom is second only to the cost of salvation. Life is a battlefield.
God’s own happiness is my constant companion.
All quotes are by C. S. Craig unless otherwise noted.