What do you feel when you hear the phrase “mother-love”? Can you define it? For me, it evokes a feeling that ascends beyond words into a higher, more spiritual sense of life. The picture of a human mother nestling her babe in her arms with comforting, tender care engenders a feeling of love that only hints at God’s infinite love for His creation. The prophet Jeremiah touched upon the mothering care of divine Love when he wrote, “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee” (31:3).
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, fully brought to light the feminine nature of God. One biographer recorded a precious description from her teaching: “Love is a Mother tenderly brooding over all Her children. This Mother guards each one from harm, nourishes, holds close to Herself, and carefully leads along the upward way” (Irving Tomlinson, Twelve Years With Mary Baker Eddy, Amplified Edition, p. 103).
No matter what we are faced with in our human experience, each of us can feel safe and beloved, embraced in the ever-presence of divine Love. The tender love of God is limitless and
instantly available to receive and to share. It is universal and unconditional, shining equally on everyone. Feeling this great heart of Love enables one to rise above discordant situations and know the perfect man of God’s creating. This means each of us, as the reflection of God, can express mothering qualities such as calmness, lovingkindness, forgiveness, gentleness, compassion, and unselfishness. In the ceaseless flow of divine affection, any scars of troubled relationships, disappointment, or regret disappear in the warmth of divine Love.
