The Bible has many feminine images of God as our Mother. My favorite picture of God in the Bible is that of the Mother eagle found in Genesis 1. The rose window in the back of our sanctuary comes from this very passage. It depicts a Mother eagle teaching her young to fly.
Eagles build their nests at the highest point around.
The nest is built with stout sticks and branches strong enough to bear the weight of these great birds. The Father eagle often takes the lead in building the nest. When it is finished, he gathers straw, feathers, and bits of cloth to line the nest and make it soft and warm. Later, when the offspring have hatched and grown to adolescents, the Mother eagle teaches them to fly. She begins first by removing all the soft stuff from the nest.