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Sometimes I find myself running faster simply because life is pulling me in too many directions.



Colorful power of golds, oranges, reds with start contrast of white and yellow and strips of purple. Four horses in a race and who is ahead? by Laurie Pace The Advantage
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2026
The Advantage
Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  


Sometimes I find myself running faster simply because life is pulling me in too many directions.

Romans 5 reminds us that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

Looking at my painting The Advantage today made me think differently about the races we run. Perhaps the advantage isn't being faster or getting ahead. Perhaps it is learning when to slow down, trust God with the course, and run the race at the pace He has given us.

Yesterday, my race included painting, piano, guitar, hymns—and finally simply being still enough to enjoy them.

There is no perfect race.

Run it at your pace. Trust God with the course.  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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