I was thinking today that perhaps we often see God as one might see a 4-dimensional object passing through our 3-dimensional reality. I'm sure it is an utterly inferior illustration, but it was somewhat helpful to me.
So often, we learn something about God, and apply it to Him as though He has no other traits. For example, our modern church in the US has learned that God is love, but paint God over with love so much that they forget He is also just. It is the nature of our finite minds to learn in this way, but it is unfair to the God we serve. We may learn that God abhors sin, but we must not begin applying that knowledge without understanding his mercy!
I see it very much like a 4-dimensional object passing through a 3-dimensional universe. We see odd glimpses and shapes that wrack our poor little 3d minds. We draw conclusions about this odd object we see, but in an instant, it has changed again. We are stuck trying to understand, while we are missing a whole dimension. We form conclusions, and they are correct, but they do not apply to the whole. We have no complete understanding of the multi-faceted, grand, mysterious shape that we are actually seeing!
In much the same way, God is so much greater than we understand. We see Him work in various ways in our world and in our life, but each is only such a small part of the great God He really is! We see one small misshapen object, and conclude the whole object looks the same. We also see one attribute of God, and assume this is the only way He works. God is so much bigger; so much greater! Somehow, we must try to comprehend the great God who is the completely permeated aggregate of all His traits. God is awesome!
... sometimes I think of God as a 5-dimensional object passing through a 3d world ...
In case you are not familiar with 4d theory:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7997/hypercube.html
http://dogfeathers.com/java/hyprcube.html
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