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The Marsh... of our lives? Walking with God.

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2024 The Marsh 6 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   I did two of these paintings about three years ago. They both sold immediately to a Florida Collector. Simple and elegant for a horse painting.  Ephesians 5:1-2 "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma."  One of the biggest challenges in walking with God is trusting Him and not trying to out think Him or to do everything your way. It never works.  The Apostle Paul wrote of his own struggles in Romans 7 .  Romans 7: 22-23 “ So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the ...

Pony Up! Share the smiles today.

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Pony Up 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas - Sold  Visit my Website for new available work.  “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” John Lennon  Yesterday I finished the first layer of background on the cowboy I am painting. He is on a beautiful gray roan horse roping a black calf.  The actual cowboy does the duo team calf down competition. Yes, Dan Jordan, I did not call it the correct name I am sure! John Lennon never had the chance to grow old and finish out a longer life in this journey. Our politics and music grew far apart over the years after my high school graduation in 1970. I love the part of this quote that says "count your life by smiles not tears."  I do find growing older the 'friends' number seems to diminish as many are taken by cancer or heart attacks. Our 50th class reunion is this yea...