GodMother and my mother ..

it's entirely possible that God designed humanity as relational, not only for the purpose of procreation (God could have done that using any method), but to give us a taste of what it's like to be in relationship with others, with another

classic christian theology posits the triune Godhead
a dancing-around (perichoresis) of three people, interpersonally, intimately, vulnerably, enjoyably, perfectly united, as one
complete in their union

so that God wants us to understand something of what God experiences within Godhead
with Godself

enter mother ..

while i would normally use a lovers' union to express that, today i honour my mother, and that heartily

she's my hero

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because of the way language developed in the context of human history, it moreoftenthannot defaulted to the masculine
women and children were seen (and moreoftenthannot treated) as lower-class people
women still are treated that way today

this treatment includes the christian scriptures, such that we grew-up reading/hearing/thinking of God as he/him

ahmmmm .. just so you know, God is not a male

while you taste that ..
consider (my view) that God created a human embodying both male and female characteristics ..
and then, so that the human would not be 'alone', God took out the female attributes and created the companion
now male and female
and then God brought them back together and told them to become 'one'
again
intimacy at an almost unintelligible level to us today
and far too often unexperienced
pointedly illustrating not only the intimacy of Godhead in 3 persons
but also the wholeness of Godhead (perfection, totality)
male/female attributes all intermingled
perfectly

.. so, God is not a male
nor is God a female

God encompasses all of that

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MotherGod
and my mother

blessed I am
highly blessed

i'm not going to try to convince you my mother is perfect
she isn't
she made her mistakes like we all do

but there was an underlying motivation of doing right; of making the most out of, too often, little; of persisting in the face of opposition and tough circumstances; of determination to make it happen; of providing a life for us children that was one-up on the life she lived, at great expense to her and to her personal life and relationships

my mother has been a rock in my life
a place i could always step when i found myself adrift

i am blessed

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more than that though, more than that ..
i am honoured to have a mother that is willing to change, even at this advanced stage of life, where change for most is unusual ..
we tend to cement as we age
new ideas and differentthink to what we cut our teeth on becomes difficult
we tend to think the way we always thought the older we get ..

what inspires me about this woman is her untiring dedication to knowing the God that is, including her willingness to undo her 'theology' and consider that God, in some ways, may be different to what she thought all along ..
that blows my mind
in the face of much younger folk like us who are so entrenched in our Godthink, so immovable, so unwilling to consider that we may not have everything 'right' ..
so arrogant ..
like .. we're not God, yuh know

i am blessed
very

so here's to mothers
and here's to my mum ..
thanks for teaching me about God by who you are

and here's to a God that intimately knows and understands mothering
my MotherGod

peace