[Magdalen] In Christ Alone

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

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On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 5:23 PM, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think God can be, even must be, wrathful (wroth?) against sin.


Wrath is anger. Anger is an emotional reaction to something.

1. A person does something absolutely horrific.  We are filled with wrath.

2. A person does something absolutely horrific. We gain some insight into
why the person did what they did.  We are filled with wrath, but probably
not so much.

3.  A person does something absolutely horrific. We know the person so well
that we understand completely the underpinnings of why they did what they
did.  We are filled with compassion.

We are the way we are by the will of God. Warts and all.  We are not
capable of being perfect; our imperfection is a major part of who we all
are. To understand a person is to understand why they made mistakes, large
and small. We will never be judged by the standard of perfection  except by
ourselves.  Since we are who we are by God's will, it follows that failure
must be part of God's plan for us.  In any case, She understands us better
than we could ever understand ourselves, so there is and never will be
wrath at all. It's all part of that human instinct to anthropomorphize God.
We fancy that if we can tell what god is like we gain a tiny step in
controlling God, Which is, of course utterly beyond our capacity to
understand, let alone control.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
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