'Appy Cover Girl' Equine Art Horse Oil Painting Magazine Cover by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'APPY - Cover Girl'

30 x 30 Oil on Canvas

On the Cover of the Peak to Peak Appaloosa Directory 2010

SOLD

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The Painting: This painting was finished in 2006. I was contacted by the Peak to Peak Appaloosa Organization for permission to use the painting on their cover. I am honored. When they sent the Copy of the Directory to me, I was further surprised with a full page inside article on my art work:

The Thought: I am still thanking God repeatedly for the power being back on. I am sure in a few weeks my thanks will slow down to once a day, but meanwhile it is almost every ten minutes a prayer of thanksgiving.

I remember lying in bed on the cold nights shivering and bone cold despite blankets and Terry's usually warm body next to me. He was cold too. I would be in prayer acknowledging the situation and praying for the men and women out in the cold trying to restore power for all of us. I knew God was in control and when our time arrived, we would be warm again. After the third night my brain was more frantic and I when I prayed thoughts darted through about, if I could just know how much longer I could focus on it and grit my teeth and carry through. The message I would get was always steady, "NO WAY BUT UP". It was then I would begin to feel His warmth seeping through my cold limbs, my heart rate slowing and my body giving in to the fatigue and relaxing and falling asleep. Every morning I would awake warm and rested in my cocoon of covers. I do not think He wanted me gritting my teeth and bearing up, I think He wanted me to relax and allow Him to take care of me.

When people are hurting, the best help is when you help them look up to Jesus. Allowing God to literally take over a situation is the only way up and out. It is "No Way But Up." The Lord has the power to perform miracles in our lives. We miss so many of them because we are looking for what we expect to happen... the power coming back on for me. The simply miracle came in letting go and letting God, His warmth surrounded me and gave me rest through each night. If I can share anything with you today, it would be that. Stop trying to figure it out. Live in this moment and let go of the stress or tension that is surrounding you. Stop trying to force something or grit your way through it. God does not intend for us to live this way. We choose it for ourselves.

The answer is there... we have to simply open our hands to receive it.

Laurie

"Amazement seized them all and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen extraordinary things today." Luke 5:26.

A Bit of Wonder Contemporary Horse Oil Daily Painting Art by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 x 2 inches of thick buttery oils! Contact me to purchase: Laurie "This is the day that the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it". Psalm 118:24 It was a day of celebration yesterday as Lauren Gracen was born. Stacey began her labor around nine in the morning and was ready to push by 12:15, but they held her off while getting things set up. Took four good contractions with multiple pushes and the baby was there! All grandparents accounted for to count the toes and fingers! My admiration is for my daughter and her bravery and calmness despite the tension and newness of what she faced. I was honored to be there as the baby was delivered seeing my granddaughter push out into the light and take her first breathe... and then cry... and that she did. Terry was able to participate and he and Larry helped with pushing and getting Stacey upright for the process and then Terry was hon...

Arrival...Refrigerator?

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2024 Arrival Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace Proverbs 16:3 "Commit to the Lord whtever you do, and he will establish your plans." Worrisome times laced with prayers. The world seems like a scary place lately. Praying for everyone affected by the last two hurricanes. My adventures today were the result of a dead refrigerator. I have loved my Kitchen Aid refrigerator very much. The first one in the 'French Kitchen' look died at 13 months. Hubby wanted the same refrigerator. Well this one made it four years and a few months. I cannot believe appliances are not made to last longer...but wait, is that because they make more money if we have to replace it in 4-5 years? You replace your mattress at least every 7 years... and your washer dryer, you might get 7 years out of those... The stoves seem to make it closer to 10 years. We are Lowe's customers, and Robert ...

The Marsh... of our lives? Walking with God.

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2024 The Marsh 6 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace I did two of these paintings about three years ago. They both sold immediately to a Florida Collector. Simple and elegant for a horse painting. Ephesians 5:1-2 "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." One of the biggest challenges in walking with God is trusting Him and not trying to out think Him or to do everything your way. It never works. The Apostle Paul wrote of his own struggles in Romans 7 . Romans 7: 22-23 “ So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the ...

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