“We know that the whole creation has been groaning …
right up to the present time.”
Romans 8:22
The groans of creation are the result of the human fall in the garden of Eden.
Every bit of the world we live in, and all that is living in it, groan “as we wait eagerly for … the redemption of our bodies” (v.23).
I wonder if earthquakes, floods and droughts are the groans of our physical Earth?
I wonder if illness, injury and death are the groans of Earth’s living things?
I wonder if loneliness, hurt and worry are the groans of our human race?
But, then there are other groans:
“the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans”
Romans 8:26b
This groaning of the Spirit does not sound so much like the effects of the fall, so much as accommodation for them. This is the evidence of grace for the fallen. When we are weighted down by the myriad of hurts, sadness, loneliness and anxiety to the point where we have no words left, even for God, the Spirit steps in and wordlessly groans our thoughts and feelings to our Creator. He hears our heart’s cries, and interprets our sorrow to our father, interceding for us.
When your sorrow slaps it’s hand across your lips, groan from the deepest cavern in your heart, and the Spirit will whisper your hearts cry into the very ear of God.
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