Quotes about Motherly
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7
take refuge in My Presence. I am much like a mother hen, eager to cover you with My protective pinions. As you snuggle under My wings, you will not only find refuge; you will also discover a growing ability to trust Me. It is in closeness to Me that you realize how trustworthy I am. Remember that I am
- Sarah Young
it suddenly occurred to her that that simple little prayer, sacred to white-robed childhood lisping at motherly knees, was entirely unsuited to this freckled witch of a girl who knew and cared nothing bout God's love, since she had never had it translated to her through the medium of human love.
- LM Montgomery
If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you.
- Anonymous
The church is the gathering of God's children, where they can be helped and fed like babies and then guided by her motherly care, grow up to manhood in maturity of faith.
- John Calvin