Aching muscles. Should not have worked in the flower bed yesterday. UGH. BUT I will paint... well maybe. Might sit to paint.
This is my second Mission painting for Texas. I thought I had posted it already but did not see it when I looked back...if I did, enjoy it a second time! Gorgeous violets, blues contrasting with yellow and creams...
My cousin left today to return to Boise Idaho. I don't think he liked the Texas weather and our bugs. He wanted to return to his mountains.
Today I will be cleaning up the aftermath of a guest in the house, but remembering some of the fun moments of the visit. My cousin was deep into astrology and the planets controlling his life. I listened patiently as he often spoke of the planets controlling his future and his past and how different planets pass into different houses in his layout of life. For me it is easier! My Father created this world and it is His plan that is followed in our lifetime. I have a friend that walks with me and often prays with me and she always mentions how our Father knows the number of hairs on our head and the freckles on our face...it is this simplicity and yet complex intimacy that makes all of us HIS creation. He created the universe, the stars and the planets but I cannot believe that they control what happens in our lives. I have to say this was my first experience with someone that was this deeply immersed into this practice. Last night as I painted at my easel I heard my dear husband in deep conversation with him as my cousin asked him if he believed in the Virgin Birth, Jesus walking on water, etc. I can only pray the words we have shared with him on his visit here might give cause to questioning further and hopefully him finding the Lord as the master in his life, not the planets.
Today I am giving thanks for those tiny birds singing outside my window, and my two kerry blue terriers laying at my feet between the desk and the easels. God created all the animals in this world for balance in our environment. Take care of your pets today and give them an extra hug....horses, cats, dogs, pigs, roosters etc!
Grace,
Laurie
“But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the domestic animals that were with him in the ark.”—Genesis 8:1
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