"Speaking of Israel and of God the writer says: 'In all their affliction, he was afflicted.' In our affliction, God is afflicted. Over our sufferings, God suffers. Over our mourning, God mourns. Over our weeping, God weeps. I suggest that what the believer sees in beholding the suffering of the world -- the thought makes us tremble, I admit -- is no less than the suffering of God. What the believer sees when beholding the rabbi from Nazareth on the cross is not only human blood from sword and thorn and nail, but the tears of the God over the wounds of the world" (Wolterstorff, "Trumpets, Ashes, and Tears," 21).
Grace to you,
Matt
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