Reading Poetry

I have been reading the Poetry 180 collection and came across a poem written by Kaylin Haught titled "God Says Yes To Me". The main reason why I noticed this poem is because the author refers to God as a woman which isn't very common in our society. Although people perceive God in their own way and no one is to say which is right or which is wrong, it is just hard to adapt to the authors comparison as God being a woman due to the fact I was raised believing He was well, a "he". Haught uses traits such as forgiving, kind, and accepting which are usually characteristics we would place on a mother figure because of their nurturing persona. After reading the poem about three times I began to understand how the author could possibly portray God as a womanly figure.