Blessed is the Angry Black Woman.

Blessed is the angry Black woman.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, for her holy rage is an indicator that the Kingdom of God is not yet here.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who is told that her anger is toxic, she needs to choose her battles.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, whose very way of showing up in the world is not allowed.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who has to do mental gymnastics just to make herself fit a mold.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who finds herself in conversations about race that are still centered in whiteness.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who just wants to be understood.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, whose lived experiences are met with defensiveness and spiritual bypassing.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who is told to accept settling in the place of flourishing.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who attempts to lead others while dealing with oppression herself.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who is told that she is too much.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who does the hard work of caring for herself because no one else will.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, who will always be trying to earn the favor of white men.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, whose story is untold, who feels invisible, who is burnt out.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, for the God of Hagar is the God who sees you. 

Blessed is the angry Black woman, for the One who liberates is riding to town on a donkey, about to be betrayed.

Blessed is the angry Black woman, for your pain is not in vein. 

Blessed is the angry Black woman, for your anger is just, and righteous and bears the fruit of repentance and reconciliation --- even when others refuse to see.

Blessed are the angry Black women, for you are not forsaken, or alone. 

Blessed are the angry Black women, I believe you.