Okay, now I will try and tie it all together.
My heartstrings are tired. As a mom. I am feeling pains I have never felt before. I thought natural child birth was painful……I can only imagine how God feels towards his children.
When they hurt, I hurt. I want to wrap them up, and put a bandaid on their ouchies.
I want to hurt anyone that doesn’t value the treasure that they are.
I have a huge mama bear in me…… HUGE.
And yet through this pain, I understand more my Father’s love. And how he sees me. How he loves me unconditionally. When I look at my girls and experience them, it all makes sense.
I can’t help but look at my baby girls and think of how God must have a daddy bear, protective side for me, for his children.
I just know he does.
“I can’t help but look at my baby girls and think of how God must have a daddy bear, protective side for me, for his children. I just know he does.”
He does. But that protective side of His is meant for every single one of us.
So lovely to hear your mother’s heart, and just the sense of protectiveness and cherishing. It must really deepen your understanding of God’s overwhelming love for each of us, being a parent.
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Lots of blessings
i get this totally. when my kids get ‘hurt’ i come out swinging. but God…He’s so much more respectful and loving than i am. and i have ‘felt’ Him come to my rescue. i have known His arms around me and His big Holy Hand scooping my up. i need to take lessons from Him…
Nor, you are absolutely right. If I implied differently, sorry!:-)
Birgit,
Yes. I am not as graceful as God, I know. I err on the side of humanness, but I know that at the bottom of it all, it is about love. it is about protecting them.
thank you for your insightful comment.
with love,
Storie
Tam
You are so right.
I have felt some comfort knowing that Jesus tipped the tables in the temple….that there is a time to stand up and say ‘no more.’
a righteous anger.
I am a great believer that God shows us his ‘patterns’ in nature – and that nature follows His laws intimately and infinitley.
While i see many examples in nature of the Mama Bear, feircely protecting and also gently nuturing – the only examples of ‘Daddy’s being protective that come to mind are Emperor penguins and Seahorses!
There may be others but as a rule Daddy’s are far better at making babies than protecting them.
Millions of God’s children die every single day of your life! some horribly and miserably.. Mother’s could not stand by and let that just ‘happen’.
Dad’s can and do!
On the subject of ‘Anger’ and Jesus… God and Jesus are the only ones i know of who can ‘judge’ righteously and determine when it is ‘right’ to be angry.
man has not yet earned that ‘right’ in my view. – but it never stops him.
Women have not earned that ‘right’ yet either
i can see how it could be a hard thing for a Mum to overcome the ‘temptation’ to, though
i think as a rule humans should stick to love – and eschew any anger…leave ‘it’ up to the experts!
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