Isaiah 49:13-15

Thus says the LORD: "Does a woman forget her child at the breast, or fail to cherish her offspring? Even if she forgets, I will never forget you."

This is an image of divine love that is neither violent or judgmental.  The latter part of Isaiah, which because of its differences with Isaiah 1-40, is known as Second Isaiah.  The God of new life is the main theme of Second Isaiah, the God who does not win wars or punish the wicked, but who helps people begin again.

The New Testament should be read as ending any claim that God is Almighty, for such a God could and presumably would intervene to save an innocent man from the death on a cross.  The God who is like a mother with a child cannot and so does not intervene in the unjust affairs of the world, but continues to love as a mother does when her child is grown and on his own.  And so Christians pray not to Almighty God, but to our Father/Mother God.

Grace and peace...Bob