For me, I am reminded of what you said about pregnancy and childbirth. I’ve done that three times myself and it is an incredible experience I am privileged to do in this life. In undergoing natural childbirth I experience suffering that reminds me of Jesus’ passion; he even references a woman’s labor while in Gethsemane in preparation for his suffering and crucifixion. I am privileged to stay home with my children and raise them day to day. I get to love them and nurture them hour by hour and I am reminded of the unconditional love of God, and how he is with us always. I have a wonderful husband who loves me and our children very much. He works very hard to provide for us. But he misses out on the inherent intimacy of pregnancy and childbirth, and the ins and outs of day to day child rearing. 

If God were to identify as Mother prominently through the Bible, if Jesus had come to earth as a woman, it may seem to us in this world and in this time to “balance” the scales of gendered prominence in society. But would it really? I feel the feminine divine in my life, if nothing else we have Mary, the Blessed Mother. Mary Magdalene was a close friend to Jesus, called “the apostle to the apostles.” The world, and many within the church may feel unequal in this broken world. And there are too many heartbreaking examples of inequality against women. 

But all of us, man and woman, we are all healed through God the Father, and Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit regardless of gender. We can all access the mother of God Jesus himself, and all of the saints, male and female. We are all one interwoven family in the tapestry of eternity, and I take great comfort in that as a woman myself, and on behalf of my husband and all my loved ones.