Pollyanna Art

Images & Insights On the God Inspired Artful Life… Featuring Cheri Douglas & Her Artful Friends

God has touched the heart of Rachelle Maddy, Haitian American. She is inspired to bring together other Haitians living outside Haiti and inspire them to reinvigorate the beauty and dignity of Haiti as the recovery efforts move forward.

Jeff and Cheri Douglas through PollyannaArt.com  and LibertyWorks.com pledge our support of these efforts in any way we can. The people of Haiti will only recover as they embrace a vision of themselves and their country that God has placed in their hearts. They need to believe in the beauty and dignity of Haiti and the love God has for the Haitian people. GO Rachelle Maddy!!! We will be your cheering team and anything else God gives us the ability to be for you. Your love, pride and commitment for your country are God breathed! He wants all people to live with liberty in the beauty and freedom He designed!

We grieve with you neighbors in Haiti. We share hearts filled with pain that words are too meaningless to express. Know that you and your lost and injured loved ones have the love and prayers of the world! Take comfort in the love of Jesus, who himself experienced unspeakable pain so that he could understand your sorrow today and bring you in touch with the heart of God!

Goodbye For Now

By Kathy Trocoli

I can’t believe that you’re really gone now…

Seems like it’s all jus a dream.

How can it be that the world will go on,

When something has died within me?

Leaves will turn, but I will burn with colors of you.

Snow will fall, but I’ll recall you warmth.

Summer wind breathing in your memory

I’ll miss you.

But there will be a time when I’ll see your face.

I’ll hear your voice, and there we will laugh again,

And there will come a day, when I’ll hold you close,

No more tears to cry..cause we’ll have forever…

But I’ll say goodbye… for now.

I can’t imagine my life without you

You have a place all your own.

Just knowing you were beneath the same sky

Oh what a joy I have known.

On rainy days in many ways you’ll water my heart.

On starry nights I’ll glimpse the light of your smile.

Never far from my heart you’ll stay with me

So I’ll just wait.

“Cause there will be a time when I’ll see your face.

I’ll hear your voice, and there we will laugh again,

And there will come a day, when I’ll hold you close,

No more tears to cry..cause we’ll have forever…

But I’ll say goodbye… for now.

“Cause there will be a time when I’ll see your face.

I’ll hear your voice, and there we will laugh again,

And there will come a day, when I’ll hold you close,

No more tears to cry..cause we’ll have forever…

But I’ll say goodbye… for now.

Goodbye for now.

Dear Sweet Brothers and Sisters of Haiti…

The world watches as you experience a nightmare of pain and loss!

We long to hold you close and give you comfort. So we remember you and your loved ones today from every corner of the world.

Do not believe that God has left you! God is with you in this fallen world to help you to survive such terrible disasters as this one through which you are living today! We watch in horror and pray to God for your rescue and recovery.

Our words fail to express the depth of our sadness as we share in a tiny way in your huge pain. Only God’s Word can comfort in a supernatural way at times like this. I will keep a list here of scriptures that might encourage your heart at such a difficult time. Your lost loved ones made a difference and were important to God. Know that you and your family members are loved by your brothers and sisters through Christ, around the world!

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Phillippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

1Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on Jesus because he cares for you.

1Peter 5:8
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

Deuteronomy 31:8
The LORD, himself, goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

2 Thessalonians3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

Romans 5:4 Perseverance produces character; and character produces hope…and hope in Jesus does not disappoint!

Lynette & Richard

Pollyanna Art defines fine art as the expression of the beauty God places in your heart.  The ugly and dark art prevalent in our world today is just one more perversion of God’s beauty that we are often led to believe is ART.

So “art” is the beauty of life that comes out of any unique expression that honors God for his goodness and love through any experience!  The expressions of our own forms of art as God inspires us, builds and strengthens the faith of the artist, as well as those who come to enjoy it.

With our definition of “Art” as a backdrop, meet Lynette and Richard! A few years into their marriage they found their lives in ruin as their marriage fell apart. Unable to renew and refresh the love they once felt for one another, they separated and began to think their marriage was over.

But in the midst of disaster, Lynette found the Lord tugging at her heart. In response she began to pray. As she prayed for herself and her marriage, the Lord led her to pray for other things she was told or heard on the news, or read in the paper or a magazine. She became obsessed with prayer and, in the process was transformed by God.

This Godly woman was able to rekindle the love of her life with her husband and help him to transform by faith in Jesus, as well. After a year-long separation, Richard and Lynette are together again today and more in love with each other and their Lord than ever.

But Lynette has not stopped praying. She has found prayer as he new art form and magnificent obsession. She digs into her heart and continuously finds and expresses the concerns God places there to bring her into communion with HIM!  She now prays several hours each day. She tapes together this constantly growing and unique work of art, her prayer journal (displayed below).  This is an “heirloom of faith” her family will treasure for generations, more than a Picasso!

Join them in prayer just now, as Richard had a heart attack just 2 days before Christmas 2009. He is doing well and thanking God for his blessed life with Lynette and God’s amazing grace today!