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This Little Light of Mine….Horses racing in the morning sunrise.

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2024 Sunrise Race 8 x 8 inches Oil on Panel Available    by Laurie Pace   This painting was done today and one of the first I have painted in several months. The new light of day behind the horses is the light we should carry on through this day. Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. "A nd Lo I am  with you all the appointed days - Matt 28:20     This morning I was drawn into the thought and reading of the day with Streams of the Desert. It was reflecting on two words, fear and hope.  What do you live with?  I realized immediately I need to redirect my thoughts to remember God has this and I need to stop trying to deal with things my way. Yes I need to have hope, but this hope is based on all He has accomplished through me in my years here on earth. He has never left me behind, he has walked through the shadows as well as my fears.  I must rise above.  His light continues to shine for eac

Becoming a Princess of the HEART by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Figurative Painting

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Being a Princess 11 x 14  Oils on Canvas Figurative Child Portrait - Commissioned Painting SOLD  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “ If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that—warm things, kind things, sweet things—help and comfort and laughter—and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all. ” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess It is obvious we now live in a fully established 'material' world with everything based on material things and promoting yourself.  There are several generations slipped in here with "all about me"...."give it to me" and "gotta have it".  There is also the "what's in for me" generation. Is it

A Season of Hope, A Season of Prayer by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Life After Sixty

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 Life After Sixty: A Season of Hope. A Season of Prayer.  by Texas Artist Laurie Pace Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts. ” ― Mother Teresa We are coming upon the start of Advent of the Christmas Season. on the 29th of November is the first Sunday of Advent.  In preparation of a healthier mindset, I have decided to steer pretty clear of engaging in anything but this season of Hope and Prayer.   Yesterday I woke up early.  Sunday mornings I would rather sleep in a bit past 5 am! I decided to grab my ipad and listen to Pastor Morris' message from Saturday Church at Gateway, Southlake, Texas.  I do believe his sermon was meant to stir us into preparing our heart for what was ahead, both for advent as well as the situations growing violent throu