Prayer

[loostudent]

I am also discovering that there is a Mother counterpart to the Father.

God (Infinity) is "completely other". All names and attributes indicate aspects of how God acts in the Creation - the image/face of God. As "man and woman are created in the image of God" so father and mother as well. I believe the name Jesus used (actual translation would be "Daddy"!) is just one name for Father and Mother because God is One. The same for all other names (He, Creator ...). The name Father means the Creator takes care for us, He is interested in our affairs and we can pray to Him. Otherwise it would be like in that King Crimson song: "I talk to the wind, My words are all carried away, I talk to the wind, The wind does not hear, The wind cannot hear."

In the Bible the God is never addressed as Mother but there are motherly attributes e. G.:

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
my Lord has forgotten me.”
Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you. (Isa 49:14-15)

As a mother comforts her child,
so I will comfort you. (Isa 66:12)

It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
taking them by the arms;
but they did not realize
it was I who healed them.
I led them with cords of human kindness,
with ties of love.
To them I was like one who lifts
a little child to the cheek,
and I bent down to feed them. (Hosea 11:3-4)