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Clearing the Noise

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 Clearing the Noise Photography   by Laurie Pace   Devotional Reflection, Renewing the Mind through Scripture Romans 12:2 — Clearing the Noise, Clearing the Canvas This morning I was listening to Grace Oasis Morning Prayer, centered on Romans 12:2 and other powerful scriptures. I am a bit late blogging this week, mostly because priorities seem to shift daily. My top priorities remain the same: time in the Word, writing, and walking three to four miles before breakfast. Still, life has a way of crowding the margins if we let it. Early Life & Faith Journey There was much to unpack in the prayer—earthly desires versus God’s desires for us. Of course, those desires look different depending on your age and season of life. Looking back, I wish I had developed earlier the passion I now have for God’s Word. I wish I had learned, at a young age, to pause and ask what God would want for me...

Rocky Mountain Sunrise, a Horse Painting by Laurie Pace

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Rocky Mountain Sunrise Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Romans 12:2 - "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." This powerful painting  of two horses standing in the winter wind was 'not conforming' when it began as a bear horizontally.  An artist just knows when something is not right. For me it is at that point I have to trust in God and in the Spirit within me to find a new path. The original painting had a lot of brown in it and was horizontal not vertical. You can see the dark colors that were pulled with a knife up and down (Side ways above) when I decided to wipe the bear off.  Then I flipped the canvas vertical and prayed. I loaded my palette knife with white paint and I began to shape th...