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Appaloosa in the Wind by Elle Pace
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2024
Appaloosa in the Wind
Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  


Cloudy Day and slightly warmer but not hot. Cannot believe this is the end of July. We will not even hit 100 degrees.  I have hopes maybe August and Sept will not try to make up for June and July.

Appaloosa in the Wind was a favorite horse painting,  painted in the late fall of 2012. It sold a few months after it was finished.  I love the colors in this piece, Russet Reds, Golds and Blues... and sprinkle of green. Sprinkles make life wonderful!

Philippians 3:13-14  "Brothers and Sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind an straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

My husband always says in Italian racing what's behind you is not important... it's the first rule. This seems to be exactly what Paul is using as an analogy... to forget what is behind you right now.... and concentrate on what is ahead of you. We cannot change the past.  The true prize is the upward call of God today and tomorrow...  

Do you have a clear goal to be called to heaven? From what I read from Bible scholars Paul had a goal wanting to reach heaven. He lived forward to serve and wanted to achieve that final reward. Are you that hungry to be sitting with Jesus in Heaven that you are out serving his people here on earth? 

For me it is clear where our focus should be in life...and that is not worrying about Christ's return or about dying. My Mom always said "Live life to it's fullest serving the Lord and serving others". Focus on this day and continue on in the next days, one day at a time. Keep your eyes on Jesus Christ today, tomorrow and always. Give where you can give, do for others what you can do, care for those in need and feed the hungry in God's world. 

Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist 



             


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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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