"To know God, we must learn who He is, how He feels, how He thinks, and even how He acts. God is not at all like us in nature. He is completely "other than" us; or as the Bible says, God is holy. He is without fault, perfect in every way.
He is eternal, meaning He has no beginning and no end - He has always been and will always continue to be. He knows everything, is everywhere, and is in control of every detail from the workings of the infinitesimal quark to the movement of every star in every galaxy. But though He is all-powerful and could destroy the entire universe with a single glance, He is Love itself.
He is perfect peace, amazing grace, matchless joy, marvelous mercy, and boundless kindess. But though He tenderly and graciously lifted us from the jaws of destruction, He is a God of fierce fire and holy wrath. He hates sin and cannot, no matter the pain to our lives, allow it to remain in our souls. He is the truest justice, the most excellent righteousness, and the purest goodness. He is majestically patient, perfectly faithful, and passionately in love with His children.
He is more beautiful, more powerful, and more wonderful than any description that could possibly be mustered with the limited vocabulary of human beings. And such is the God we have only begun to know.
If you spend your lifetime becoming acquainted with the marvelous and breathtaking attributes of our amazing God, you will not have wasted even the smallest moment of time. It's a pursuit that will never end, even throughout eternity."
- When God Writes Your Life Story, by Eric and Leslie Ludy
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