One day, somewhere I no longer remember, I read about this: After God created mankind, He regretted…
Already a catholic that day, I wondered, was that true? God regretted His work in the creation of men? Are we so hideous that our Creator feels He has made a mistake? Can He make any mistakes? The most divine, the most righteous one…
It was disturbing indeed. But I chose not to be bothered too much and made a simple conclusion for the sake of my peace of mind. Maybe it was just another way of saying that God was sad seeing how people have sinned. How people have hurt each other. How there’re so many sufferings in this world caused by mankind… And that the passage was intended for the readers to pray and always strive to be better persons.
I have held onto this for some time.
Until today…
It’s the time of lent, and by His grace I get to reflect His divine misery and death on the cross.
The Omnipotent God, invincible and infinite in His nature, has decided to become like His creation to feel our pain and suffering.
Why?
He doesn’t have to do it at all.
Moreover, He doesn’t deserve it at all.
He has created mankind with love. To share His glory in eternal happiness, only… with full consent.
He wanted us to love Him by choice. Not out of unconsciousness.
On the other side, the jealous ones, those who finally fall from grace, despise God’s idea to take humans - these lowly creatures - to be united with Him in the Kingdom. They just can’t take it and decide they must do something about it. Being much more superior creatures, they know exactly our weaknesses and limitations. Thus they start spreading deceptions so we won’t succeed in entering the Kingdom they have been expelled from.
The free will God has given us is now used to harm us, to keep us away from God.
And so I think, this is why God regrets…
He is love, and all things good.
He created mankind for love, and now they are being swindled by the enemy to fall to the other side and be separated from Him forever…
This is His ultimate regret.
As Jesus tried to make us understand through His parables, the love God has for mankind that has been created according to His own image, surpasses any fathers’ love for their flesh and blood on earth. This divine love can’t and won’t let His children be dragged to destruction just like that. So He sent His only begotten Son. As C.S. Lewis once told us in one of his books, God writes Himself into the story He creates. A plot twist that leads to the salvation of mankind.
Happy Lent.