For some reason we often get this idea that God is this stoic, unemotional being, or if we do concede Him some emotions, we think of Him as angry and vengeful or loving and joyful, but what about pained and sorrowful?
Perhaps the most striking example of God’s sorrow can be seen during the time of Noah: “The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.” (Genesis 6:5-6)
“Grief” isn’t a word we use much these days, but the definition for it is “to feel intense sorrow as in when a loved one dies.” Read the rest of the article in today's Proverbs and Wisdom.
