In my book, QUESTIONING GOD, I offered the idea of that which is “not God.” All created things are “not God” for that which is “not God” is exactly what God calls into existence at creation and is what distinguishes creation from the Creator in Christian theology. I saw the quote below in Frances Young, BROKENNESS & BLESSING: TOWARDS A BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY which reminded me of my “not God” idea:
“Simone Weil … spoke of creation being an act of abandonment—for the infinite God had to withdraw in order to allow something other than the divine self to exist at all. So the kenosis of the incarnation reflects the kenosis of creation, and this divine self-emptying is demonstrated on the cross, in the redemptive ‘Godforsakenness’ of Jesus Christ.” (p 72)
