The subject of the sexes and God is a deep one, and one I don't enter into lightly. I'm not trying to meddle, but this is something I have wondered about from time to time, and it's come to my mind once again.
What started me thinking is the verse that says, "He tends His flock like a shephered: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young." - Isaiah 40:11 (NIV) I love this verse, but especially the part that says He carries us close to His heart. Why is this significant in terms of sex? Mothers tend to carry their young on the left side, by their heart, and men tend to carry on their right side.
I've always wondered of my role as a woman in Christ. I know Christ is the head of the church and man is head of the household (there has to be an ultimate leader). I know man is made in the image of God and women were taken "out of" man. So where do our feminine qualities come from? Did we come from nothing? I think not.
To say God is feminine isn't right, but God has many qualities associated with women, such as nurturing, tending to the sick, sensitivity, etc.
I think that we all have female and male characterisitics in each of us, and to differing degrees. I think this is what confuses some about their sexuality. Again - this is a deep subject, but it's on my mind. :-)
Jesus said in Luke 13:34, "O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,... how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings...". (NIV) I have found God, our Father, and Jesus, our older brother, to care for me similarly to a mother, but much deeper. Our mothers can not always be there. Our mothers can not read our mind. But we can not surprise God! Our earthly mothers can run away, be cruel, be neglectful, but God can not!
Certain sins are "black and white," but people's feelings are not. I think we need to understand this.
