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Red Horse and God's Gift



Red Horse Painting by Laurie Pace
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2024
Red Horse
Oil on Canvas 24 x 30  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  


This is the day that the Lord hath made... Our lives have encounter more losses and challenges the past two weeks. Things I never suspected we would face or endure. It is only through the Father we have walked these days.  

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance."

JAMES 1:2-3 (NIV)


We all face these times or will face these times.  Never had I faced a death of someone young and dear to me. At first I could barely make it minute to minute  trying to remember to breathe for the first four to six hours... and slowly I found that time stretching to 15 min to 15 min... and through the week, the sadness would hit and I would just break down and cry uncontrollably for five min and then regain my peace. I woke every morning at 2:30 in the midst of a dream of this special dear one.  

Questions surfaced but the one I did not question was God. He took this person home because they were made perfect to Him. They touched lives and bloomed with His love. He was ready for them...   It seemed like it did not matter those left behind, but truly it mattered even more to our Father.  

Here is why.... he wants us to realize every challenge we face in life... every difficult trial, every situation that occurs, he has given us this trial to test our faith... our faith produces perseverance. Our faith brings us to Him and teaches us He is the light and the way.


"Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."  John 14:6 

We are drawn closer to God through the trials we face and endure in life. Trusting in what He has put upon us, we must learn to cling to Him and trust His plan.  Let me tell you it is hard to let go and let God. Our current situation left us no choice with the death of a loved one unexpected as it seems to take the sun from the sky, and the night sky void of the stars. We are blinded by our pain...until we accept the gift He has given us with their lives apart of ours for a short time...and now we have learned to draw even closer to Him. 

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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