Mother G*d

I started writing a new post a few days ago and ended up with twenty pages and counting. Below is a section of what I am working on, which involves practicing the presence of G*d in the present (say that three times fast). In order to be with G*d, we must seek an understanding of the Divine Nature. One of the stumbling blocks I have identified is the domination of masculine or “tough” language in reference to G*d: King, Lord, Rock, Almighty, Ruler, etc. In order to create a more balanced view of G*d, here are some Bible verses that speak to the feminine nature of G*d.

Mother G*d

• Numbers 11:12-14 – G*d conceives and gives birth; G*d as nursing mother
• Deuteronomy 32:18 – G*d gave birth
• Job 38:8 – G*d has a womb
• Job 38:29 – G*d has a womb
• Isaiah 42:14 – G*d cries out like a woman in labor
• Isaiah 46:3-4 – G*d has a womb and gives birth
• Isaiah 49:14-15 – G*d’s love is compared to a mother’s love
• Isaiah 66:13  - G*d as mother, comforting a child
• Psalms 131:2 – G*d as mother
• Acts 17:28 – We dwell in G*d as a child in the womb. We can call this the “cosmic womb”
• 1 Peter 2:2-3 – Humans can taste G*d’s spiritual breast milk

G*d Doing “Women’s Work” (referring to gender roles in antiquity)

• Genesis 3:21 – G*d as seamstress
• Psalms 22:9-10a – G*d as midwife
• Psalms 71:6 – G*d as midwife
• Isaiah 66:9 – G*d as midwife
• Luke 13:20 – 21 – the commonweal of G*d “is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
• Luke 15:8-10 – G*d rejoices like a woman who cleans and looks until she finds her lost coin

More Examples of the Divine Feminine

• G*d is referred to as a protective eagle or bird. Both the mother and father eagle care for their chicks. In the beauty that is G*d, we get firm masculine scripture, concrete feminine passages and gender-ambiguous verses, because G*d is both and neither at the same time, allowing all human beings to relate to the Divine Reality (Deuteronomy 32:11-12; Ruth 2:12; Psalms 17:8; Psalms 36:7; Psalms 57:1; Isaiah 31:5)
• Hosea 13:8 – G*d as a mother bear
• Matthew 23:37 – G*d as a mother hen
• Luke 13:34 – G*d as a mother hen
• John 3:3-5 – to enter the commonweal of G*d, one must be birthed by the Holy Spirit
• John 1:13 – G*d gives birth to us
• 1 John 4:7b – G*d gives birth to us
• 1 John 5:1 – G*d gives birth to us
• 1 John 5:4 – G*d gives birth to us
• 1 John 5:18 – G*d gives birth to us
  • In Greek the wisdom of G*d is the feminine noun, Sophia.
  • El Shaddai, often translated as “G*d Almighty,” may also translate as “Breasted One,”
    “The one of the Breast,” or “G*d of many breasts.” Scholars are still debating.