Expressing God’s longing for relationship with creation
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Expressing God’s longing for relationship with creation
The Hebrew Bible depicts God as feeling a range of emotions. Besought with creation, God feels love, loyalty, and desire. By entering the realm of creation, God reminds the covenantal people, and all people, that they are created in the image of God and called to imitate God. Of course, we cannot be like God, because God’s true essence is incomprehensible. So God self-constricts and feels as we feel, to cultivate a connection with us. The mystery of election lies in this idea.
