Why God is father and not mother?

i guess the reason why we called god as father bcoz his the highest... same in our family the highest rank in our family is the father... and his male.. in any cases like for example a mother without a husband who raised her kids alone... she will tell anyone that shes been a father and a mother to her kids due to the absence of her husband... same as the husband without his wife and raised his kids alone.. he will also tell that his been a father and a mother to his kids... so portaying urself being a mother and a father doesnt mean that u have 2 gender.. u only use the other in the absence of the other one since we called them parents and parents is combined only 1... so better think that god raised us, all people as his kids.. and that he portray himself as the father and mother to us...

Hi, yuansplace, your topic is quite interesting and unique! Actually I never thought about it before reading this post. But last Sunday, our pastor shared us the information from Mark 9: 14-29, then her first point is "Father's love". Your topic makes me remember this. We used to praise "Mother's love", and we even call our nation as Mother. But why don't we refer to "Father's love"? Is fater's love less than mother's? I don't think so. I think every father loves his children deeply, and that love is not less than mother's. The difference is father don't always say the words "love". And the method of father's love is not so obvious like mother's. Mother always embrace her children, kiss them, and tell them "I love you". And mother's love always means gentle, kind, soft, comfortable. But how about father's love? Serious, hard. when we do something wrong, father always play the bad role, and mother always protect us from father's blame. But if we never have father's love in our life, especially the years when we are growing up, what will happened? Haha. Thanks again, yuansplace, you give me a chance to think about this good question!