Michael Sterling Explains Why He Called God A Woman In His Wedding Vows To Eva Marcille

If you watched last night’s episode of the Real Housewives of Atlanta then you heard Eva Marcille’s husband, Attorney Michael Sterling, referring to God using the feminine pronouns in his wedding vows to Eva.

In case you missed it, here’s what he said:

In his vows Michael said:

“And when God sees fit to take us from this place, I promise you that I will ask her if she will let me be with you in the next life.”

Some people appreciated Michael’s reference to God as a woman, like this person who tweeted:

But other people were not here for Michael referring to God as a female. So Michael took to his social media to explain his choice in gender pronouns:

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I love my wife and I hand-wrote my vows from a place of intentional love. It appears that some folks have questioned the fact that I referred to God as “her” in my vows and they have offered to pray for my ignorance. I do not speak much about these things, but I will have a few things to say over the next week or so. I am not a theologian, but I referred to God as “her,” because I believe, as many saints do, that God is a mother to the motherless and a father to the fatherless. I believe, as St. Augustine did, that God transcends time, space, existence, and life. I believe that God is God. Thus, if God is a mother to the motherless and a father to the fatherless; I think we err not to see God in each and every one of us. I think we err to limit God. And sometimes I use the pronoun “her” to refer to God because I see God as resembling all of us and as greater than all of us. And I see the divine in my mom and my grandmothers and my sisters. As for my vows, I referred to God as “her” intentionally because I see the God in my wife and God put it on my heart to make sure she heard and felt that. #sterlingsays #grewupCOGIC

A post shared by Michael T. Sterling (@miketsterling) on Mar 17, 2019 at 8:56pm PDT

What do you think of Michael’s reference to God as a woman? Leave a comment and let me know!

Personally, I do believe that God possesses both masculine and feminine traits. But I think the fact that God made Adam “in His image” means something. And while it may sound impressive to some people to refer to God as a woman, I don’t think that’s how God sees himself.