Inspirations

Inspirations

Open the Eyes of My Heart

This evening I have been reflecting on God’s blessings in my life. His unrelenting favor, even when I feel I don’t deserve it. I was Listening to J Moss radio on Spotify on the way home after my Mommy daughter date with Kennedy at Chipotle. A song  came on and she started singing along as […]

The Good

Pack a Backpack: School Supply Drive

Our Urban Eden is collecting school supplies for deserving students. No donation is too small. Please consider making a monetary donation online  or call 410-929-4682 to schedule a pickup location.  If you or someone you know needs help with school supplies please use the form below to provide contact information and grade of the student. […]

The Good

The Good: #TheSmileInitiative

#TheSmileInitiative  The Smile Initiative is people doing good things for other people for the sole reason of getting them to smile. According to its creator, Terry Missouri, it started as just an idea,  sparked by an online video of a man doing a good thing for a homeless person just to make him happy with nothing […]

The Good

The Good

I have lived in Baltimore my entire life. I love my city but the news media and portrayal of our city in movies like “The Corner” and “The Wire” would make you believe that’s all there is to Baltimore. That is not the case. Of course there are areas that are bad and there are […]

Inspirations

Wednesday Inspiration 3/20/14

  Job 8 5 If you will search eagerly for God, plead with the Almighty. 6 If you are pure and do the right thing, then surely he will become active on your behalf and reward your innocent dwelling. 7 Although your former state was ordinary, your future will be extraordinary.

Inspirations

Hope and Healing

I have been thinking about writing this post for almost a month now. One day I would tell myself… “Just write it, you need to get this out so you can heal”, the next day I would tell myself …”You will be ok, time will heal all wounds”. It wasn’t until I read a similar […]

Inspirations

Wednesday Inspiration 3/12/14

1 Peter 3 New International Version (NIV) 3 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, […]

Inspirations, Simple Living

In everything give thanks

I remind myself daily: In everything give thanks.  In the process of being thankful,  even for the things that go wrong, is when God shows you the glory of his work. When I surrender the things I cant control over to him I can take a moment to breathe, enjoy the sunshine on my face […]

Inspirations

Wednesday Inspiration 3/5/14

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

Inspirations

Wednesday Inspiration 2/26/14

Psalm 19 A psalm of David. 1 The heavens declare the glory of God;     the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech;     night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words;     no sound is heard from them. 4 […]