The works of His hands are faithful and just; all His precepts are trustworthy. Psalm 111:7 I read the Psalms every day because of their poetic beauty and depth. Mostly, they are an outpouring of praise from profound, personal experience. Praise which comes from the inner recesses of the heart is a true exaltation of God. The desperate cry of the overwhelmed heart is also manifest within the Psalms, which again is an honest expression of the human experience. Just in passing, the Bible as a whole makes no attempt to appear as a religious book. It is an accurate unfolding of the story of humanity with all its depravity and human weakness recorded. As I read Psalm 111 recently, verse 7 caught my attention: the work of His hands are faithful and just. The very first time I ever felt conscious of God was at the age of eight while looking at the night sky. I would call this moment 'surprised by beauty'. I could literally feel the presence of God while marvelling at ...