The idea of fatherhood is a good one, but the reality we see on earth is sometimes quite different.   Some fathers abandon their children, beat them, ridicule or ignore them, damage them psychologically for life.   Even good fathers have their limits.   They get tired, they must often go away, sometimes they are helpless and, finally, they die.
        To some people, then, the idea of God as "Father" is barren.   So, for that matter, maybe the notion of "Mother." But Jesus chose abba (father) as the best way he could describe God.   What we have to do, obviously, is to keep in mind only the positive qualities of fatherhood and motherhood and forget all human limitations.
        God is father/mother who wants children more eagerly than any earthly parents ever yearned to see their love made visible in a new person.   All that we associate with parenthood is infinite in God: beginning, pouring out, sustaining and protecting, guiding, encouraging.   God is gentleness and strength, patience and justice.   He gives birth, nurses and carries, wails and explains, lets go and welcome back, forgives and heals.

 

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