Struggling to find one word… that expresses an essence of His character… That which is beyond our reach…
He is surprising… because He does the unexpected… but surprising doesn’t capture the full magnitude…
He is unpredictable… yet steady in faithfulness… even when we aren’t…
He is incomprehensible… but He reveals Himself in so many ways…
Just this morning… He surprised me in such a way… I laughed… an unexpected blessing… in the midst of listening for an answer to a specific question… the unexpected blessing appeared to be the answer…
Beyond anything I would have ever guessed or imagined Him doing…
What do you call that…?
Mysterious… No…
Astounding… Not quite..
Amazing… Hmm…
To see His joy… in the creation He holds together… What do you call that…?
Wonder-full…?
I am just left full of wonder…
wonder… a cause of astonishment or admiration: marvel… the quality of exciting amazed admiration… rapt attention or astonishment at something awesomely mysterious or new to one’s experience…
—Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th Edition)
That must be the word… Wonder-full…