Speechless

As I get older, I find myself at times struggling to find the right word or phrase to fit a description...sometimes right in the middle of a conversation the correct word will escape me. Warning...it started with not being able to put a name to a familiar face and has gotten progressively worse!
As I was singing the words to the hymn "Wonderous, Marvelous" in church, I guess my focus was clearly not worship, because I began to think about how inadequate those words were to describe an indescribable God.
Are there ANY words in the English language that could clearly define Him? I mean, I use "marvelous" to describe a breathtaking sunset, or a star filled night, and "wonderous" to describe a sea of flowers in bloom, or the birth of a healthy baby, but these are the same simple words that I am using to describe The GOD that created such moments...it just does not seem fitting.
Are there really even any words fit to describe God? Any word that I could use to describe Him and His attributes are limited by my understanding of Him. And how can I truly understand One that is out of the human realm...GOD!
In Paul's letter to the Ephesians he pens a prayer that the Ephesians may comprehend the measure of the love of Christ. Love. Just ONE attribute of our God, and Paul is praying that they can understand it.
I guess that is why I love reading about what God says about Himself. In Job 38 and 39 God draws a perspective for Job and it begins in 38:4 when He asks "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. 38:1 describes the Lord as answering Job out of the storm. I can only imagine how vulnerable, fearful, and humble Job felt at this moment knowing first hand how small he was and how BIG his God was.
Personally I forget how really BIG my God is from time to time, how truly BIG my God is. When faced with what I would determine a "crisis" in my life, I forget that my God, my BIG God can change circumstances if He so chooses.
Paul continues in his letter to the Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,...Immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine....God is MORE than ANYTHING we can imagine...MORE, because how can a human mind comprehend that which is of GOD.
Recently at our weekly bible study, a son from one couple asked our group about why he should read the bible. I immediately felt empathy for this young man, as I remembered when I too, went through the struggle of the authenticity of the bible, a very common stumbling block for anyone wanting to know the truth about God, and one that only the Holy Spirit can break through.
Just as indescribable as God is...are the things of God. How can a mere man explain the things of God?
Although penned by men, the bible was written by God, every word, every punctuation. By God, about God. Which makes many parts of it incomprehendable to man. How is it that we are to understand the things of God?
In 1Corinthians 2 Paul explains that nothing of God, can be understood by man except through the Spirit of God. Paul continues to write in 1Corinthians 2:14 - The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
As I continue to reflect upon the nature of God, I know that there is no source, except for the Bible where He can reveal Himself more clearly and truthfully.
The author of the majority of the New Testament from an earthly standpoint had more to lose than gain when his life changed 180 degrees. Paul, formerly Saul, was intent on destroying the followers of Jesus, and was responsible for many persecutions until he had a dramatic life changing moment. To this day we, as a result of his conversion, have benefited from his books in the Bible. As for questioning the Bible's authenticity, that is a journey that without the Spirit of God, will lead to a "dead end".
My prayer for you is that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17b-19 and that you will be able to grasp WHO God is and grow in love with Him every day.
Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Chirst Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
1Corinthians 2:7-11 No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for it they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" - but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Take Care and God bless