[agrarianlady]

I was singing a line from “Be Thou My Vision,” that ancient Irish hymn yesterday. I had no trouble singing “Thou my true father, I thy true son” even though I am a woman. I love thinking of God in masculine terms. It’s powerful and strong and noble. I’m his daughter, but I see myself as being cared for tenderly.

C.S. Lewis said that “God is so masculine, that He makes all of creation seem feminine in comparison.”

If Christ is the Bridegroom and the church is the Bride, it gets a little confusing to not call God “He.”

Christ called God Father.

[Sans-Culotte]

I was singing a line from “Be Thou My Vision,” that ancient Irish hymn yesterday. I had no trouble singing “Thou my true father, I thy true son” even though I am a woman. I love thinking of God in masculine terms. It’s powerful and strong and noble. I’m his daughter, but I see myself as being cared for tenderly.

Whether God has a gender or not, he chose to represent Himself to us as a male. That's good enough for me.

And Be Thou My Vision is my FAVORITE hymn.

[stripes1776]

C.S. Lewis said that “God is so masculine, that He makes all of creation seem feminine in comparison.”

Nice quote. Do you have the source that is cited from?