I think I often take that attitude with me when I approach God. Like the ocean, He is vast and I cannot know or understand all of Him. I'm tempted to think that He knows me as the ocean would know a shrimp--the shrimp belongs in the ocean, but is so small that the loss of it would not even cause a ripple. I'm part of His family, but not very important or noticed. In fact, I'm tempted to think that God doesn't even like me and that the fact that I don't fully know or understand Him makes Him seem dangerous and unpredictable. As much as I see and love His beauty and glory, I don't trust Him.
God is like the ocean. He is vast, and the sum of the knowledge of God is too great for my finite mind, yet I still try. I think that desire to know God, even though it is an eternal task, is similar to watching the waves. I never tire from seeing the water begin to swell, the crest breaking as it curls over itself, the roar of the water meeting the land. My desire to know more of God grows every time I see something new about Him, or remember something He has revealed to me about Himself. God does not view me as the ocean might view a shrimp, were it sentient. He views me as His beloved daughter. He not only likes me, but He is pleased with me. Doubts assail, but God's Word will always prevail. I do trust Him.
"...for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father." John 16:27