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A Summers Day and other Gifts for Christmas 2024


Pretty young 4 year old burying her nose in flowers
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2024
A Summer's Day
Oil on Canvas  Gifted  by Laurie Pace  Dec 2024

This precious painting was one I started 11 years ago. I came across it penciled on my canvas and started working on it two months ago. It was a Christmas gift to her parents.

John 16:33  “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” 

I chose this verse to help us remember what Christmas is truly about. It was not just about Jesus' birth, but it is about our salvation through his birth, life and death here on earth as He was Risen from the dead after dying on the cross for our sins.  Jesus has overcome the world. 

It is time to reflect and recognize the true blessings of God, which of course include the birth, life and death of His son, allowing our salvation through Him. The world is a fallen place and only through Jesus may we have the promise of a new life, to be free from the bondage of our sins. It is God's mercy, love, and grace for us that build our faith through our lives with hope for what is to be.  

As we pass into the New Year next week, maybe you should look back at the year of 2024 and count your blessings. Those blessings come from Him through those around you in your life.  We are taught from an early age to keep a grateful heart.  I would suggest over the next few days till New Years, make a list and give thanks. 

Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist 

Pink Christmas Cactus

             


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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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