'Montana' Landscape Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Montana'

24 x 30 Oil on Canvas

SOLD PRIVATE Collection

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The Painting: An oldie. We are packing packing packing and the paints were packed today.

The Thought: I was reading something on Productivity. Is there productivity in your life? Every business is into profit and earnings. We constantly measure productivity even in our personal lives. How much equity has the house earned or lost in the past two years? How many 'A's" on the child's report card? How many things do we cross off our today list? Productivity is good to a point in our lives as it helps us evaluate our performance and achievements.

The bible defines it not only in terms of numbers but by relationships and our character. The most important thing is the bottom line of our character. Are you producing "good fruit" in your life? Could you do more to produce "good fruit"? Are you identified by others by the "good fruit" in your life?

What do you have to change in your life to produce "good fruit"? Our lives bear good fruit only when we stay connected to God. It is from Jesus death and in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in us that we are able to use our 'new nature' to produce "good fruit".

Our day has been productive as far as packing. We took out time through out the day to stop together and give thanks for our progress. We are a team, God, Terry and I and together as a team will make this journey.

May your joy come from the reflection in your heart as we begin the Holy weekend that marks the great joy of the Risen Christ.

Laurie

"Use wisely what you've been given and you will be given more." Matthew 25:29

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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 and Shelia at the Southlake Lowe's in Appliances

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 law of sin at work within me” I can only speak for mys

Be Strong and Courageous

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2024 Wild Stallion by Laurie Pace Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Deut 31:6 This Stallion was painted back in 2010. I am guessing it is oil by the visible layering strokes of my palette knife. The contrasts are precise and clear. The white cuts through the dark reds. The reds concentrate the motion and the shapes and everything moves counterclockwise. Temptation is calling me to paint. Are there times recently you have needed strength and courage and felt defeated by other things before even facing the situation? Do you feel like you are going counter clockwise? Seems like life right now for many of us. If you can face what is before you knowing the Lord God has everything under control, you are then beginning to gather wisdom. God is often stopped by our working when we get in the way of what is mean

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