Sheer Grit Continues on the Easel Emma playing Soccer Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Sheer Grit further progress'

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The painting continues and I hope today to finish up the second soccer player on the far right. I am debating doing the second one in this series but will talk to Emma's mom first to see if they have soccer pictures from their new team in California. Wow I would love to see her play a game.

I can't help but wonder how they are adjusting to the new home in California. With all of our many moves I discovered it takes about a year to two years to finally settle in and feel like it is home.

Why does it seem to take so long to adjust to who we really are as God made us? Some of us take more than two years and some don't ever adjust in their lifetime. Face it our lives are full of constant adjustments. We adjust as we go to nursery school for the first time and mom leaves us alone. We adjust on the first day of regular school. We adjust as our hormones change and our body changes monthly as we enter into our teen years. We adjust to more freedoms as we turn 16-18. We adjust to college or life after we leave the safety of our family's home. We adjust to relationships and marriages and commitments. We adjust to new jobs. We adjust to new friends and co-workers. We adjust to environmental changes. We adjust to ...well I could probably list for the next five hours and still be going strong. Type in adjusting to google and you find things like:

Where do we find ADJUSTING TO WHO I AM? Accepting who I am?

Is there a time in life to let it go? A time where you do not have to adjust yourself all the time? Is there a time you wake up and realize you are who you are and you do not have to be who everyone else thinks you should be? Maybe that comes with the image of being that leaf on the stream floating with the current. I really don't think it adjusts much... it travels with the flow of the water. How can we apply that to our lives?

Change is inevitable. How we respond to it determines the quality of our life. Are you 'over adjusting' to something or someone right now? Turn your focus away and put your energies into positive things that serve others. Redirect your mind and let go of that 'adjustment' thing. Change happens with or with out your permission. Accept what is here today and sit back and look at what is right and good at this moment. Cherish it and give thanks to the Father.

Today is a new day and with it comes the abundance He offers.

Laurie

“Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise. Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.”- Proverbs 19:20-21

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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