Grace at the End of the World: Noah and the God Who Does Not Give Up
🕯️ There is a verse in Genesis 6 that stops me every time I read it.
“The Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.”
God grieves.
Not the cold anger of a judge. The grief of someone who loves what they have made and is watching it destroy itself.
St. John Chrysostom says this language tells us something true about who God is. He is not a detached cosmic administrator watching events unfold from a safe distance. He is genuinely invested in the creatures He has made. When they damage themselves and one another, something in the heart of God responds to that.
And right in the middle of that grief. One man. Who had not stopped walking with God.
New Lenten reflection is live on the blog. On Noah. On the God who grieves and the God who finds. On the rainbow that is covenant not comfort.
