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Colorful Palette Knife horses gathered in a family circle with color abounding by Laurie Pace
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2025
Always Better Together
Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  


The Count Down

There seems to be a lot of counting going on this time of year.
  • Counting the sleeps until Santa comes.
  • Counting the items we need from the grocery store next week that somehow must be picked up today.
  • Counting how many days are left to wrap presents and grab those last-minute extras.
  • And, of course, counting down the days until we cross into a brand-new year.
On this Countdown to Christmas, today was to be full and joyful. The grands were all coming over to ice sugar cookies and make caramel Krispies. What started as a house full of little helpers quickly counted down to just one. 

Why?
  • Part of our countdown this year seems to include the flu making its way through our part of Texas. One grand is down—and likely his mom as well. 
  • Two of our dearest friends also had to miss our small Christmas gathering because he wasn’t feeling well. By last night, we learned she had caught it too. What first felt like a cold has now turned into high fevers, stuffy head, and pains.
We are staying in prayer for healing for all of them, and I pray you and your loved ones stay healthy through this flu season—especially during this strange stretch of warm winter weather. 

It’s hard to believe it’s supposed to be over 80 degrees on Christmas Day.  As we count down to Christmas, I’m also hoping we can soon count the temperatures back down to something that feels a bit more like winter.

In this season of waiting and watching, Advent reminds us that hope arrives right on time.

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.”  Isaiah 9:2

May this season of counting be filled with hope, healing, and the quiet light of Christ. Elle


             


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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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