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Two from the Herd in the Sun
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This painting came from a scrapped painting where the mounds of scrapped oils made two paintings! The stark white against the earthy green grays exploding into Sunrise was simply remarkable. The horses were there waiting to be discovered with my palette knife! I will try to remember to post the second painting in my next blog!
3 August 2023
My Choice is "LIVE"
Live for joy. Live for Love. Live for adventure. Live to touch others’ lives. Live to give. Live to sing. Live to dance. Live to paint. Live to praise.
In this life we have too many worries or things that distract us from our own joy in life. God has blessed us with gifts to share with others. He has blessed each of us with different things and our lives should be lived fully. He does not want us unhappy. Usually, we bring that upon ourselves. He wants us to live our lives knowing He is walking with us and enjoys watching us be happy.
God wants you and me happy. I know there are days I am not sure what that looks like. Do you? I have written before that my grandmother told me not to chase happiness because I could not find it or catch it. She told me it comes in doing for others.
When you read Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” What could go wrong? Want to go 'abounding' with me?
Sometimes I realize it is because I am stuck looking at everything that seems wrong in life or irritated by something someone did and it is better (or is it) to go around in a ‘snit’ and deny myself the joy God has blessed me with for this day. Why are we all easy to anger?
James 1:2-3 “My Brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.”
PAUSE… patience? How is yours? How fast do you anger or feel mistreated or rejected? It is so easy to fall into POOR ME. Everybody will feel sorry for POOR ME. Right???
Wrong.
Psalm 30:5 “For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.”
We have the choice between peace and anger. We have the choice to react with our anger or we can accept the beauty of peace and react with love.
A peaceful heart will triumph over anger. Anger can be a healthy emotion but when our intent would be to shine a light on someone doing wrong… or what you judge as wrong, that feeling of grrr builds up inside of you and it truly will wear on your health and your peace. Too often, anger gets out of control and stress hits your body.
Getting mad seems to come in stages. For me it begins with frustration and blooms into tension, discomfort, headaches, and sadness, and then I try to work it off and I hurt myself. I should have never gone there... to getting mad… it is better to walk away from the situation. Usually there is more to the situation and most of the time it is simply a misunderstanding.
God truly wants to see us enjoying our lives. Do not allow things to build up inside of you. Every person perceives things differently. Learn to find your softer side and put away the emotions building beneath your anger.
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
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Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist
Laurie is an international artist, her paintings are collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia, and Ecuador.
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