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MISSING: GOD OUR MOTHER

Jessica Williams

 

Mother God,

 

How did you become another missing Woman?

Lost amongst the multitude of men making meaning for us all.

 

You are the Substance holding all things together,

and in Your likeness I have been made.

 

In feminine form,

I embody,

an image of the living God.

 

(I need to say it again.)

 

In feminine form,

I embody,

an image of the living God.

 

(We need to say it again.)

 

Is it any wonder that Your daughters have lived in exile?

That we are lost and missing too?

 

But–

some of us,

some of us,

some of us

have noticed.

 

We ache at Your absence,

our tongues dry

and thirsty

for Your name on our lips.

 

We are waiting.

We were waiting.

We are waiting no more.

 

Now, we are searching.

We’ve gathered a team. (We’ll take anyone!)

The more the better for work like this.

 

With arms linked together

and lanterns lifted high,

we’re walking through the tall dark grass of ancient texts

to find You.

 

God our Maker,

God our Mother,

God our Father,

God our Friend,

 

Teach us.

 

Like children coming of age,

we are starting to see

how much we didn’t see.

 

Show us.

 

How You’ve longed to gather us,

our Holy Mother Hen,

and there beneath Your Wings of Love,

to comfort us again.

 

Feed us.

 

Like an Eagle or a Mother Bear,

nourish those in need.

And then,

like all Good Mothers. . .

 

Set us free.

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