Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Lioness of Judah



In Memory of Mary Magdalene, Apostola Apostolorum
For all women and all who walk in the calling of their spiritual office without apology, rebuking the false prophecy of how the move of God is quenched by estrogen…

Overall, you are sweet. You give freely of your time and resources. But I have seen your jagged edges… they are quick to scathe if one does not take notice to translate the space between each word you utter. In between, I heard the roll of your low boil anger when you said, “You like using big words, huh?” Nothing primes you for irritation like the chalk board scratch of a “side piece” speaking above your worldly and spiritual comprehension. A penis ALWAYS qualifies you as the infantry; a vagina ONLY qualifies me as support personnel. Therefore, I’ve refused your invitations to labor after what you would call “the good fight” because busy work bores me. Only a true drone would be satisfied with black and white photocopies for education. The truth is…you despise my rebellion. I don’t “get happy” to the status quo. Doing a jig for Jesus is spiritually cumbersome to someone who experiences God in the silence that creates the up and down beats.  I am an annoyance to your brand of religion because I see it as just that, a brand. Riddle me this…who will give rise, quicken the leaven in The House of Bread if the Baker resigns? Do you have enough crumbs to satiate the hunger of this female pup or shall I rename myself Naomi and take a sabbatical from the land of my people? My “mis-assignment” has purpose…as an ill fitting shoe, the walk is painful but every heel to toe motion gets me there. Even your disdain works toward the betterment of the whole. ”All things work for good,” no doubt. Humph, maybe you should consider this…the resurrected Christ revealed himself to Mary FIRST; not Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John! Awe, is that an Eve diatribe I hear coming in the midst. Spare me! I assure you that your sex has plenteous representation of tragically flawed biblical characters. Shall I name a few? Nah, let’s not go tit for tat here. I have no true alt with you. The whole would benefit from our respective fields of experience, gleaning from the good in me and gleaning from the good in you to create a more perfect union under OUR God, under OUR faith. So no, I will not enable your bravado and lower my voice to a modest purr. All hail Shekinah, may she glory! I AM WOMAN… 


"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."   ~Galatians 3:28