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One of the common images is God as a mother bird sheltering her children under her wings. We see this in Ruth 2:12 – “May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” (All references are from Today’s New International Version.)
The Bible offers a picture of God who mothers through the work of birthing, preserving, and nurturing God’s children. But such imagery is not without some tension. God’s mothering work begins in childbirth, as most mothering work does.
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Apr 6, 2013 · The Bible uses motherly as well as fatherly pictures of God. Picturing God as a mother who gives birth and nurtures may seem strange to 21st century people (calling God ‘she’ still raises a titter) but it was not strange to the writers of Scripture. Sometimes it is indirect.
May 9, 2021 · God creates, nurtures and loves us like a mother loves her child. Scripture tells us that God’s love surpasses a mother’s love, because even if a mother could forget the child at her breast ...
May 10, 2023 · God as Mother in Scripture. Some Christians find that question uncomfortable. Maternal and other feminine imagery for God, however, does appear in the Bible. No question, the Bible frequently pictures God in such paternal, masculine terms as Father, King, and Lord.
Jun 28, 2022 · In the first reading from Isaiah, we encounter God as Mother, an image that can help us to broaden our ideas and language associated with God. It is commonplace to speak of God as Father....
Nov 8, 2017 · Male images for God are often associated with power, authority, and judgment. When used exclusively, they most often create an image of a punitive God. God must be appeased or else. Male images for God most often go with patriarchy—with male primacy and domination in society and the family.
