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Why do we think of God as a man?

Readings on which message below is based:   Proverbs 8:1-4   New International Version - UK (NIVUK) Wisdom’s call 8   Does not wisdom call out?      Does not understanding raise her voice? 2  At the highest point along the way,      where the paths meet, she takes her stand; 3  beside the gate leading into the city,      at the entrance, she cries aloud: 4  ‘To you, O people, I call out;      I raise my voice to all humanity. Proverbs 8:22-31   New International Version - UK (NIVUK) 22  ‘The  Lord  brought me forth as the first of his works, [ a ][ b ]      before his deeds of old; 23  I was formed long ages ago,      at the very beginning, when the world came to be. 24  When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,      when there were no springs overflowing with water; 25  before the mountains were settled in place,      before the hills, I was given birth, 26  before he made the world or its fields      or any of the dust of the eart