02707 – God Who Suffers
Taylor, Barbara Brown

Christianity is the only world religion that confesses a God who suffers. It is not that popular an idea, even among Christians. We prefer a God who prevents suffering, only that is not the God we have got.

What the Cross teaches us is that God’s power is not the power to force human choices and end human pain. It is, instead, the power to pick up the shattered pieces and make something holy out of them–not from a distance, but right close up.

from God in Pain

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