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Found Love Commissioned Painting by Laurie Pace
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2024
Found Love
Commissioned painting 2013 by Laurie Pace  


IT IS THURSDAY!  We have official reached Heat Advisories here in north Texas. I heard the Severe Heat area is both  north and north east from us. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee ... and more. I think I will be thankful for ours and thinking we might break 100-105 through this weekend and into next week. Wondering if the power is still off in Nebraska from their week of storms. 

These two horses were a commission painting and it was a larger one as well. I am remembering MAYBE it went to Missouri? I know it left the state. It was 24 x 30 and of course Holbein Oils... buttery and lush! Would love to paint for you!


He guided them by the skillfulness of his hands." Ps 79:72

In our lives it is impossible for us to predict the storms we may face before they arrive out of no where. Leaning into the Lord and giving thanks for what we are given, good or challenging, we must walk through it with Him.  We do not see the better things God actually has for us. Our eyes are not open.  We may become fearful or finding our soul hesitating but we must focus on what we have, that is always the Lord, His son our Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.  

There are times I pray He closes every door in front of me...but leave one door cracked open for me to discover.  Yet often, I still cannot seem to find my way.  It simply reminds me the absence of his 'helpful hint' or any indication that His will is right there and means I must stay walking ahead. Remember He proceeds us in life as well as walks with us through every moment.  He does have a door ready for me to push through and once I find it,  I will discover that special opportunity in life He has brought to me... it is even better than I could imagine. I seek peace and rest right now.   

Reminding myself at 3:45 this morning when our doorbell rang that God guides us by our circumstances.  This year and a half of closed doors for a dear family member remains blocked. The prolonged wait is mentally and soulfully draining and difficult for our family. We know from past walks, the light might burn dimly to show us the way... then something small may click into place that we do not notice and then comes the answer to prayer.  It may not be what we want, but it will be what He wants. God will take us in the right direction. Just watch, as we draw closer to Him, the lights shine brighter.

An awesome quote yesterday from Streams in the Desert.  "If you go to Him to be guided, He will guide you; but he will not comfort your distrust or half trust of Him by showing you the chart of all His purposes concerning you. He will show you only into a way where, if you go cheerfully and trustfully forward, He will show you on still farther..." Horace Bushnell

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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