God as Parent

I've been spending a lot of time thinking about what God is like through the lens of (what little I know about) parenting.  This has become important to me as I've been pursuing my own transition into parenthood through adoption.

This article, written by a mother of a terminally ill child, gave me a lot to think about.  In what way is God's love like that of a parent who expects their child to die?  The author calls herself and others like her "dragon parents: fierce and loyal and loving as hell".  She goes on to declare,

I would walk through a tunnel of fire if it would save my son. I would take my chances on a stripped battlefield with a sling and a rock à la David and Goliath if it would make a difference. But it won’t. I can roar all I want about the unfairness of this ridiculous disease, but the facts remain. What I can do is protect my son from as much pain as possible, and then finally do the hardest thing of all, a thing most parents will thankfully never have to do: I will love him to the end of his life, and then I will let him go.

And that brings me round to the sacrifices God does make for us.  It's something I feel, primally, more than I can express.  I need to think about this further, and take some time to pray for the dragon parents out there.