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SNOW HERD Contemporary Art Palette Knife Horizon Painted Pony Horse Art by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Thick Oil on Canvas $750 SOLD off the BLOG. Thank you! Contact me with an offer: Laurie The Sounds of Silence “The Lord was not in the wind . . . the earthquake . . . the fire; and after the fire the sound of sheer silence.” 1 Kings 19:11–12 ( NRSV ) When I posted this painting I immediately thought of the quiet silence of snow falling totally out of focus of the horses, which of course are a contrasting noise; even when standing they snort and stamp their feet, eager to push on in the silence of falling snow. Where is the strength, in the snow or in the horses? Wondering and roaming through my bible, I remembered in my distant brain the power struggle between Elijah and Ahab's wife Jezebel. She was a foreigner and she worshiped Baal and not God. When she moved in with Ahab (King of Israel), she brought 400 of her favorite prophets and priests. Can you imagine