Can a woman forget?.… yea, they may forget. In the siege of Samaria by Benhadad, King of Syria, a mother, we are told (2 Kings 6:28, 2 Kings 6:29), boiled her son for food. In the last siege of Jerusalem similar horrors are reported (Joseph; 'Bell.
Jud.,' 6.3, 4). Mothers have even been known in England who have forced their tender and innocent daughters to commit deadly sin. Yet will I not forget, The love of God surpasses that of either father or mother.
"When my father and my mother forsake me," says David, "then the Lord will take me up" (Psalms 27:10). "God is love" (1 John 4:8) in his very essence; and his infinite love is deeper, tenderer, truer, than finite love can ever be.
Still, that which is nearest to it upon earth is, doubtless, the love of a mother for her children (see Isaiah 66:13).