God the Father

An advertisement for a local university offends my parental instinct. The ad said, “Close enough for your parents to visit; far enough that they can’t just show up.” Trying to undermine parental authority is as old as creation. “Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’” (Gen 3:1 NIV)? I can only imagine Adam and Eve’s surprise when God just showed up on campus, “Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you” (Gen 3:8-9 NIV)?