©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2024
Summer Heat
Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 inches SOLD by Laurie Pace
Rain is on the way. Normally this time of year here in Texas, the temps are 102 up to 115 or more. We have had 88-92 the past week and it will continue through the end of July. The summer heat is gone for the next week!!!
This horse painting is electrifying for sure. Truly feels like Texas heat to look at it!
The family is still the most important blessing we have here on this earthly journey. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, the family is the core of life on earth. Right now in our world it seems to have changed. With both parents working, and everyone chasing the dream of having more stuff, they miss out on what truly matters to live a full life without need or want. They should live a simple life with what God provides. They also miss passing on wisdom to their children and grandchildren.
Even my own adult children nearing 50 tend to push against anything or any opinion hubby and I might share. In today's world many adult children have lost respect for parents and grandparents. It is human nature to feel like you do know things as you see and observe them. Many things have not really changed over the centuries. Respect, kindness, and giving.... are all truly important and often not practiced.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 "These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up."
Pastor Ken wrote in the Inspirations App today, a needed reminder of what is truly important. That is keeping God's word alive... not just in our lives, but in our homes, with our children and grandchildren and neighbors and praying they will pass it on to their children and friends. Pastor Ken explained it as a three part 'command' from the Lord.
1. Keeping God's word in your heart. It is funny he mentioned the Bible to be a love letter to us... as our pastor share those words yesterday in our new membership class at Countryside Bible Church. Jacob was sharing with us the importance of not just reading it, but thinking and meditating over it... and embracing it strongly to believe God's word and to live it and exemplify it in your life. Then of course we need to be sowing those seeds into the lives of those in our Family.
2. Teaching God's word in your home to your children or grandchildren. The Bible is not just for a short reading of scripture every day. It is for the entire family to realize their faith needs to be lived in their actions and their words. Live the word that is in the Bible. Pray those words through out the day and make them all part of your life and in the life of those you love. God's word needs to be so deep it is part of your DNA. It only takes a spark to get a fire going...
3. Pastor Ken says LIVE the Word of the Lord every single day. Your actions and reactions need to reflect God's word. It becomes natural in a family of believers there is thought before speaking, there are prayers before taking actions, and we all learn Psalm 19:14, "May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your site, O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer." We can easily teach and remember "May the actions and responses I give each day be pleasing in your site. " Actions do speak louder than words.
I am praying that you may read this and hopefully some of you will take it to heart to teach and reach out to your children, your grandchildren, your friends and your neighbors.
Pastor Ken's App has 4.9 rating... here is the website: DAILY BIBLE. His saying is "LIGHT YOUR WAY EVERY DAY"
Even when I contacted them about some neat things on their app, his son emailed and helped me figure it out. Pretty cool. It is my favorite app next to Streams of the Desert.
Blessings this day. "It is through repentance and rest we are saved, in quietness and trust is our strength... but you have none of it." Isaiah 30:15 Just remember the first two parts ... and make sure you implement it in your life. They struggled all through Isaiah learning this path.
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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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