I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. Oh lord, I will sing and praise your name to all the world. I will give thanks with a grateful heart for all that you have done for me. I will recount all your deeds, sharing the joys of your creations. with praise on my lips I give thanks to the creator my heart rejoices

Psalm 9 New International Version 1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. 3 My enemies turn back…

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than…

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. Your name reigns throughout the world. Your glory though the heavens. Your enemies will be stilled by strength you’ve instilled in infants.

1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I look at…

6 Arise, Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. arise, Lord show us your way help us understand ~~~ in your anger, Lord do not forget us, you people send benevolence ~~~ rise up against all the injustices righting the wrong ~~~ the rage of my enemies drowns out your voice save me, oh God ~~~ awake, my God hear my humble plea harden not your heart

Day -518- Daily Haibun Journey — Constance Baker Motley During the civil rights movement Constance Motley helped desegregate Southern schools, buses and lunch counters. She was a key strategist within the movement. She even argued successfully nine of ten cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The first African American woman elected to the New York State Senate was Constance…

Tamika Mallory is a fiery outspoken New Yorker who has been a constant in the civil rights movement for almost twenty years. She is esteemed as a leader of social justice, an advocate and activist as well as a mother. Her work focuses on equal women’s rights and economic empowerment. It also focuses on gun violence, criminal reform and accountability of police officers. She is a significant force amongst government officers, policy makers and other community advocates within her city. Tamika was one of the four co-chairs for the women’s march on Washington. This was the largest single day protest in US history.

Marley Dias was fourteen when she made her first mark on history, that was in 2015. She founded the # 1000 BlackGirlBooks. This was a successful campaign which became an international movement to donate children’s books that featured black girls as the protagonist. The drive was launched November 2015 and…