Where are you?
When something is not quite right this sound occurs. A parent knows something is up in the house when things are too quiet.
Adam and Eve hide because they
heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze…
Gen 3:8 NRSV
or
heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day
KJV
A voice that walks with the breeze.
A sound that places itself with movement of air.
They hide because they hear.
The shame that causes them to hide is because they see.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened
Gen 3:7 (NIV)
The fruit
was a delight to the eyes
Gen 3:6 (NRSV)
And it was the first conversation that led to this. The serpent and the woman discuss what was said. What was heard. The sounds of God had faded and now his creatures chatted about it.
WHERE ARE YOU? has been the scream of humanity to a silent God.
The atheist knows she screams at nothing.
The believer hopes she’s screaming at someone.
God is the noisy One here
stomping around and calling
WHERE ARE YOU?