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What if the darkness isn't where we lose our way—but where we finally stop trying to find it alone?



Three horses in the night running wild and full of color, green horse, red horse and blue horse with a lot of fun colorful add ons by Texas Artist Laurie Pace
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2026
The Heat of the Night
Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  

Heat of the Night was painted around 2010 during a six-month period when I explored horses through woven color, lines, textures and symbols.

Looking at it today, after another relentless Texas summer, I see something more.

Heat wears us down. So can life.

We try harder. Push farther. Reach inside ourselves for enough strength to handle just one more thing.

Eventually I have learned to do something different.

I abide.

I step back, pray, hold onto His Word and wait. Because it truly is not in me to handle everything—and I was never asked to.

At night the house finally becomes quiet. We pull up the covers, pray and allow the day to end.

“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.” — Psalm 4:8

Tomorrow may still bring its challenges.

But tonight I can stop carrying tomorrow.

I can rest beneath His hand.   Sleep Well... Elle


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Laurie Pace reflects on Heat of the Night, faith, prayer and finding peace in God when life leaves us weary.

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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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