When God Feels Pain

In the story of Noah we know that the entire earth was filled with people who were very evil and the Lord was heartbroken. We never really think about what He might have been feeling. I believe that God was feeling very betrayed. He had created Adam and Eve and He loved them very much! He walked daily in the garden with them just to spend time with them. Humans are created in His image and have free will. He gave us free will so we had the ability to choose to love Him!

In the garden Adam and Eve did the one thing that they were warned not to do! They betrayed the Lord and trusted the serpent over His word. This hurt the Lord tremendously. He cursed the woman with pain during labor and cursed man with having to struggle and labor hard for the food we needed to survive in a cursed land, as for the serpent he was cursed to slither in the dirt. With all these curses He still showed grace by not killing them and starting over. He forced them out of the garden and allowed them to have families and populate the earth.

By the time we get to the story of Noah the entire world was filled with wickedness and evil thoughts. The had yet again had His most loved creation turn their backs on Him! Can you imagine how badly this hurt God? He had grown to the point that He had regretted He had placed man on the earth! He found only one man who had lived righteously. So with His love and grace God wiped the slate clean and started over with Noah and his family in charge of populating the earth and raising future generations to love and respect God!

Thankfully God has the ability to show grace even when He is deeply hurt. He alone has the strength and wisdom to take the burden on His own and repair the hurt that was caused due to the actions of man. This allows Him to understand us when someone hurts us by betraying us. We can call our Father in heaven and will help us to get through the pain. Sometimes this might mean you must end a friendship that is toxic and form some distance. You may eventually heal enough to restore the relationship but this is not always doable. Remember that wrong actions have consequences and it is not wrong for you to set up some separation if it is needed. You must always forgive but the Bible never says to forget. Treat them kindly, do not speak bad of them, and always pray for them.


Prayer:
Heavenly Father I humbly come before you today to give thanks for all blessings in my life. You have been so good to me even when I was at my worst. You showed love to me and pursued me to bring me into your loving embrace! I love you so much Lord! You alone are worthy of all my praise and worship. I apologize and repent for all the wrongs I have done. Thank you for loving me even when I am not perfect. Your love is amazing God! Thank you for being my rock when I needed support during times I was betrayed. I am sorry mankind caused so much heartache for you! You are so wonderful and amazing to give us every opportunity to repent and turn to you! Please use me to further your glory and show your amazing love to this world. I pray you will through me touch peoples hearts and perform miracales for your glory. Help me to walk in wisdom and righteousness. Guide my steps! I thank you Father! In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.