Of God’s character…

I’m wrestling with this quote from Wright’s book (Justification):

It is because God will be true to His outward-facing generous, creative love that he must also curse those ways of life, particularly those ways of life within his covenant people, which embody and express the opposite. It isn’t that God basically wants to condemn and then finds a way to rescue some from that disaster. It is that God longs to bless, to bless lavishly, and so to rescue and bless those in danger of tragedy – and therefore must curse everything that thwarts and destroys the blessing of his world and his people.

The first time I read this, I naturally thought Wright was creating a false dichotomy here. But, from this previous works focusing on forgiveness, I know this isn’t the case – he’s not pitting God’s wrath against God’s love. So, I’m not sure why I’m wrestling with this. It sounds beautiful, but something is keeping me from fully embracing it. Something in me wants to think that God’s natural disposition is wrath. Maybe it’s my own misperception of who God is, the God who created everything that is and called it very good – before sin entered the world.