Creation Quote by Christopher J. H. Wright
“God has made us humans in God's own image. So therefore the highest way to talk about God is by some kind of analogy with ourselves. So, naturally, if we who are finite and sinful suffer in multiple ways because of sin and evil and the horrible things that happen in our world, how much more does God, who is infinite, sinless, and knows the totality of all that happens to everybody, suffer pain and heartache at the suffering of his human and non-human creation - and be angry at all that causes it?”
About This Quote
Source Book: The Message of the Cross, Christopher J. H. Wright, 2002
Human suffering mirrors divine empathy; God experiences pain through creation's suffering.
In simple terms: God feels our pain.
Key Takeaway
Recognize shared suffering.
Themes
thepathy
theodicy
divine nature
Mood
reflective
solemn
Type
theological
philosophical
When to use this quote
- Pastoral counseling
- theological education
- interfaith dialogue
- personal grief
Key Concepts
Analogy
finite vs infinite
sinlessness
Questions to Reflect On
- How does seeing God suffer affect your faith?
- Can empathy bridge finite and infinite?
A Different Perspective
Human language may limit divine comprehension.
![“Perhaps no order of mammals presents us with so extraordinary a series of gradations as this [step by step, from humans to apes to monkeys to lemurs] - leading us insensibly from the crown and summit of the animal creation down to creatures, from which there is but a step, as it seems, to the…” quote by Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f0b/thomas-huxley-1183_animal_perhaps-no-order-of-mammals-presents-us_3051.jpg)
