Have you ever heard the phrase "daddy issues"?
This phrase is used to describe people that have had a difficult or non-existent relationship with their fathers and the challenges that often come with it.
Even if you have a good relationship with your father, how you perceive people, especially men, has probably been greatly influenced by this relationship.
Now think about God: do you view Him as your Father? If so, does that affect the way that you act towards Him?
God sent Jesus to Earth to live among us. I believe He wanted to fully understand what it means to be human because, as a loving Father, He wanted to have a closer relationship with us.
Through Christ's sacrifice, God proved that we are an "heir of God."
He humbled himself for us, so that those of us that had over-bearing, strict, or even violent father figures in our lives.
God did all that He could to grow closer to us and asks that we do the same.
