The word mother conveys the same feeling of comfort, peace, love, compassion all around the earth without making any difference in regards to nation or culture. India is a country where the mother is given the equal respect as to god. There are many female goddesses whom people worship according to their interests i.e. goddess of wealth and goddess of power…etc.
The God of the Bible assures us that He will take care of his people more than a mother cares for her new born babies. The Old Testament God is mentioned as the Father to the fatherless (Psalm 68:5) as well as Isaiah 66:13 paints the most loving and caring picture of God as mother as it tells “As one whom his mother comforts so I will comfort you.” Many women try to find a mother in God’s character and end up in a feminist theology. But we see that our God is sovereign, all sufficient , omniscient and omnipotent. We need not to look in Him a character for our security, in terms of in a protecting father or that of loving compassionate care of a mother for her children. But rather we need to know that God care and love us from his good pleasure and His love is complete as father as well as mother.
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