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Walking down the Avenue... looking ahead to Thanksgiving week and activities I hope to pull off! Laurie Pace, Texas Artist, ELLE

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 I'd Go Walking Down the Avenue 16 x 20 inches SOLD  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. Travel Tomorrow three paintings are heading to Colorado to Mirada Fine Art Gallery in Denver.  The show opens the weekend of Thanksgiving!!  This is not one of them... but just a teaser to stay tuned.  I found this piece to repost from 8 years ago and fell in love with it again. I will have to get past this blocked situation and get to work again! If you have not signed up for my newsletter on my website, it comes out maybe three to four times a year. Mainly for sales.  We all get too much email in our in boxes daily, and will not risk you deleting things from me!  Most of you know you can see what it happening on my Google Blog right here!  Time seems to escape me daily... and I look forward to falling back in a routine again soon.  Do you have a set routi
Windows of My Mind Abstract Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD "Nathan replied to the king, "Whatever you have in mind , go ahead and do it, for the LORD is with you. " 2 Samuel 7:3 Exercise today. Keeps the body and mind young. Think today of all the people in your life that are important. Some might be important for good reasons, some other for not so good reasons. Jot down their names, the relationship and then what might need to be worked on to ensure the relationship is healthy. What is a healthy relationship? For years studies have shown that people with healthy relationships really do have a deeper sense of contentment and less stress. With each of the people on your list... do you have a feeling of contentment when reflecting on the full relationship? 1. Expectations. This applies to your self and the other person. No one can be everything we want them to be. That is how we set ourselves up for disappointment. Realizing
Curb Sitters Contemporary Art Children Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 6 x 6 Oil on Panel Contact me to purchase: Laurie " The Lord Jesus Christ gave us the definition of a true friend: "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. " John 15:13-15 Best friends. Do you have a best friend? During different phases of your life, people seem to drift in and out of your journey. God has placed them there for different reasons, to accomplish for them and for you a connection which becomes part of your life story. We all have those "best friends" from elementary school, and maybe even different ones from high school. Most certainly you had different friends after you left home and maybe marr
No. 89 SUNLIT Contemporary Art Horse Oil Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 19 x 47 inches of color Contact me if you are interested in purchasing this one! Laurie "I will never leave you or forsake you." Joshua 1:5 Happy Birthday Ben! To the man in my life with the sweetest whistle and always a smile and a good story to share. I have been writing much about the wonderful friendships I have in my life, both male and female. I believe friends to be God's promise keepers to each other. The power of friends coming together in His name honors God. Good friends will never leave you or forsake you. Friends are life givers when you need them. In return you should be a life giver back to them. Jan wrote to me about the different stages of friends in her life, from the early friends as a child, through the first married friends, and onto the middle age and old age friends. She described the joy of her adult children becoming friends to her as well. Friends are an honored r
No. 87 Geraniums Contemporary Art Flower Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace SOLD to a California Collector!! Thank you! 18 x 27 inches of gorgeous color! Can you feel Spring yet? Contact me to purchase : Laurie "I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you." John 15:15 Do you value your friends? Some of them are closer than others. Loving intimate friendships that grow over time are the ones that survive the good and bad times. Those friends are often the ones that bring calm to our lives. Leave it to a good friend to celebrate all the different victories in our lives, small and large. The connection to this wonderful person crosses all boundaries and often fills the emptiest part of us. It is that friend that sticks to you through thick and thin. They are the one encouraging you when you are dragging your feet through th