His handiwork in fashioning mothers’ hearts. It’s easy to miss, Our Creator takes care to knit Himself into who we are and who we will become. In examining His love for us, His mothering nature is quickly apparent: “…How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings…” (Matthew 23:37 NASB)
The birthing process is God’s idea. He’s maternally given birth to the universe, birth to our planet, and birth to us. Most importantly He’s given us re-birth, calling us into a place of restoration enjoying unbroken intimacy with Him. Our Father in Heaven is solidly our Father. His maternal nature guarantees attendance at every bird’s funeral; keeps track of 7.2 billion heads of hair. He tallies innumerable thoughts about us exceeding grains of sand. He stills our storms, heals our diseases, and binds our broken hearts.
The most potent attribute of His mother’s heart is His lavish forgiveness of our sins. Black sins, washed in red blood, producing robes of white righteousness. Like the mother that deliberately forgets her child’s shortcomings, He casts our sins directionally as far as the east is from the west, until sinking to the floor of the Sea of Forgetfulness.
Simply stated, He is Father God with a mother’s heart. Waiting to wipe every tear; sitting up with us through the night; and listening to our troubles—solving them while we are yet speaking.
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