21st Century Proverbs of William Craig: Second Edition

By William Craig

William's objective with this book is to encourage and inspire the reader to be a champion in the Human Race, using the strategy he used to overcome the trauma of being shot in the head and losing his ability to walk, as well as his wife of 15 years, his home, and his business. He found that his "joy deficit" had to be addressed because no joy m

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blueprint Press Internationale
• Release date: May 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9781961117396

William Craig

William is a native Californian who was born in Los Angeles in January, 1961. In 1991, after serving and being honorably discharged from the Armed Forces, getting married and fathering a son. William sustained a gunshot wound to the head. Brain surgery was a given, but no one expected the stroke that occurred during the procedure. William's life expired for 11 minutes, and although he lost the use of half his body, he gained an extraordinary ability: the ability to use words to fuel hearts with the strength of joy and charge minds with the power of wisdom. Fortunately, movement was restored to his right leg. He also delightfully shocked medical personnel, family, and friends by fathering a miracle daughter. This is what motivated William to remove the "quit option" from his life, moving forward. William now dedicates his time inspiring others that they, too, can overcome the gravitational pull of challenges that hold them down.

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WILLIAM CRAIG

21st Century Proverbs of William Craig

Copyright © 2023 by William Craig

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978-1-961117-38-9 (Paperback)

978-1-961117-39-6 (eBook)

978-1-961117-37-2 (Hardcover)

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Insults and critique can breed humiliation which inspires offense with retaliation when we defuse pride strife will flee and peace will reign victoriously.

To subdue strife, quench the fire and stay cool; we cannot let emotions rule.

Prideful debate has an unfruitful fate the wise disagree with humility, yielding the peaceable fruit of righteousness that everyone needs.

We are eternal beings created to last, that’s why time on temporal earth seems to go so fast. It’s odd to the inner man, citizen of another land.

We must share our life of love, for others to see God’s power working to save every human being.

Living love is forgiving love, we’ve been called to live with love that forgives.

If we critique without love and judge someone else, we’ll find we are just condemning ourselves.

When we speak life and blessing, we will change our mind from wrong thoughts of others, to what’s pleasant and kind.

When we open our heart to let Jesus in, we won’t go to hell because of sin, the unbelief is what condemns. With love as the primary characteristic, a heart is designed to sustain life to give and serve; God says love is something everyone deserves.

Humility encourages the wise to obedience with submission; pride suggests a stubborn, rebellious position.

The flesh may resist, but the spirit insists, with the first fruits of praise each day we rise from our rest to give God our best.

We may not have money or goods to spare, but when God’s love fills our heart there’s plenty to share.

When we take what we’ve learned and do it again, success will follow us to the end.

Wisdom says listen to Hope, and put a muzzle on Doubt, you don’t need to hear what it’s talking about.

When we don’t limit our giving to material things, we can live a life of generosity. Unrestricted by things that dissipate, we can share God’s blessings without restraint.

Shy and Pride live side by side, with the same selfish focus on Me, My, I.

We all share the air, the sky, earth, and sun, as God gives life to everyone, He shares His love without restraint, so the world can be saved by grace through faith.

The character in the world I desire to see should be a reflection of what’s in me.

Pride abides with ignorance, in a low place of disgrace, Humility dwells with Wisdom and they help souls elevate.

Saying I’m sorry, I was wrong, with sincerity in your eyes, may inspire a wave of mercy in the jury’s heart to arise and dismiss rendering a harsh judgement on our lives.

When you take what you’ve learned and do it right, you’ll get the results you desire in life.

Shy, Fear, Ego, and Pride work side by side, with the same selfish focus of Me, My, and I.

The limitations we think we have are spoken loud and clear, so the voice of our potential is difficult to hear.

God stretches our faith to get more in, so we don’t make our challenges bigger than Him.

You won’t be like an incomplete sentence, without a noun or verb, when you include Jesus the missing word.

Fear has a familiar but deceptive voice, Hope says.

A bright future is our choice, let Me fill your heart and mind, to focus on the truth, not the lies; when I have your vision, I empower your life.

Being ignored is worse than rejection, when rejected it’s clear they don’t care. When ignored and they act like we aren’t there ignor-ance causes offense.

When we reject: truth, knowledge, or words of the wise, ignorance invades our lives.

When you are filled to the brim and there’s no room for more, the options are: overflow or give to abundantly live.

What we allow to abide in the heart will determine the attitude emotions display, how we act, and what lips say; those who guard the heart carefully, are confident about what they let others hear and see.

Courage fearlessly speaks truth as a way of life, cowardice cowers, falls prey to fear, and tries to cover itself with lies.

The limitations we think we have spoken loud and clear, which makes the voice of our potential difficult to hear.

With one word, God can fill a void