“Can a Woman Forget Her Child?” Is. 49:14-17

      14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me,
         the Lord has forgotten me.”

      15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
         and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
         Though she may forget,
         I will not forget you!
      16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
         your walls are ever before me.
      17 Your children hasten back,
         and those who laid you waste depart from you. (Is 49:14–17 NIV)

This Sunday we will be celebrating Mother’s Day. The great love of a mother for her child is a universal experience. The love of a mother is both fierce and tender. It is a reflection of God’s love for the Creation. But when we think about God and his love, we most often think about God as “Father” and his relationship to his children as one of a father to his sons.

While the Bible does contain these kinds of images in both the Old and the New Testaments, God’s love is beyond human understanding. In many places in scripture God reveals his love to be like that of a mother, and in some places he even describes himself as both like father and mother in the same verse!

This week we are going to be looking at one of the verses where God compares his love to that of a mother for her child, and how he tells us through the Prophet Isaiah that his love is even greater. Join us this Sunday May 13, 2012 at 11:00AM at the Rock Presbyterian Church 6910-B Miramar Rd., San Diego, CA 92121 and we will consider how God’s great love for us is revealed in the Good News of Jesus Christ.