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wake up in the morning with an aching back or when i can t come up with a simple word i want to say my hips hurt i take naps not to mention that wrinkled old woman who stares back at me in the mirror just this week two friends my age died i guess i am old but i am also so blessed i am healthy i play pickle ball i live alone with no problem i m still a good driver who doesn t mind traveling the 800 miles to visit family i teach children and women about jesus i study and learn and grow my body might be old but my heart and soul haven t gotten that message yet asaph said it like this my flesh and my heart may fail but god is the strength of my heart my portion forever vs 26 then in verse 28 he says but as for me god s presence is my good yes he is so i am going to go dry my hair and put on a little makeup i m going to get this day started and see what god has planned for us to do together this is the day the lord has made i will rejoice and be glad in it ps 118 24 not in spite of my age but for the privilege of walking with him one more day this side of heaven this entry was posted in bible study christianity and tagged aging getting old god s presence psalm 118 24 psalm 73 walking with god on june 26 2026 by cazehner quit trying 1 reply psalm 49 what is a person s eternal soul worth we know god thought it was worth dying for but i can t die for my own sins if i die a sinner i can t come back clean if i die a sinner i will spend eternity as a sinner separated from god some people try so hard to be good enough friend i hate to break it to you but there aren t enough good works in the world to ransom one lost soul to redeem him is too costly vv 7 8 i love the psalmist s conclusion also found in those two verses one should forever stop trying quit trying to be good enough to earn a spot in heaven quit trying to go to church enough or say enough prayers or give enough the cost of your redemption is beyond what you can pay so stop trying so that you may live forever and not see the pit vs 9 are you so arrogant to think you can equal what jesus did on the cross paul said this i do not set aside the grace of god for if righteousness comes through the law then christ died for nothing galatians 2 21 if you can earn your way into heaven then jesus horrible death was a waste of time have you ever tried to accomplish a daunting task you try and try and try but with each attempt you are met with failure no matter what you do it s just not good enough you re frustrated defeated hopeless but then you rush to a parent a spouse or dear friend and melt into their embrace no words need to be spoken yet as you feel the warmth of their loving presence you begin to relax the frustration is calmed you can breathe that s kind of what it s like to stop trying to be good enough to go to heaven it s like how it feels to receive what jesus died to give you you feel the warmth of his presence and you begin to relax the strain of all the trying is released and you can breathe have you ever been asked the question if you were to die today and stand before god how would you answer his question why should i let you into my heaven the saddest answer begins with i i went to church i gave to the poor i was a good person i hope i did enough let me put your mind at ease you can t do enough period dear one that is really really good news if you are depending on you you are in for a world of hurt so quit trying surrender rush to jesus and melt into his embrace admit you are a sinner in need of saving confess your inability to save yourself and accept the free gift of total forgiveness bought and paid for by the precious blood of jesus christ you can t do enough but jesus did you can t do enough so quit trying this entry was posted in christianity sin the gospel and tagged bible faith forgiveness of sin god hoping for heaven jesus psalm 49 salvation sin the assurance of heaven the cross works salvation on june 22 2026 by cazehner it s the same but different leave a reply psalm 21 25 god s goodness his compassion love and mercy have always existed even before creation because god has always existed he is compassion love and mercy nature itself all humanity are recipients of those blessings every minute of every day like it or not believe it or not we are all blessed because god is that being said there is a special level of those blessings for god s own children there is a special relationship between the shepherd and his sheep it s a different level of blessing for those who are his through the blood of jesus i m going to use an example that some of you will object to let s try to set politics aside and see the comparison for what it is just a comparison here goes we americans are the recipients of the blessings afforded us by donald trump s presidency his generosity patriotism common sense and the ability he has to negotiate for the benefit of america first like it or not believe it or not we are experiencing the benefits of his leadership but there is a special level of blessing reserved for his children they receive all the blessings from his presidency just like the rest of us but sit around the dinner table snuggle up to grandpa on the couch and there is a precious connection that we outside his family cannot know he is dad or grandpa to those few and not to the rest of us that s what david understood about god god is good all the time believe it or not like it or not the world is blessed because god is god we are all blessed exactly the same by creator god but snuggle up next to him through his word receive the blessings reserved for his children he is father to those of us who know him through his son jesus and not to the rest of humanity we are all blessed the same by god who is over all but it s a different level of blessing to those of us who know him who call him father and lord it might be the same but it s also very very different this entry was posted in christianity sin the gospel and tagged bible blessings of the children christianity faith god god the father god s children jesus psalm 21 25 psalm 23 scripture the good shepherd the gospel on june 17 2026 by cazehner i m a tree leave a reply psalm 1 8 it wasn t until i was about halfway through my life that i developed an appreciation for the psalms even though for 30 plus years i had heard people say how meaningful they were to them and how blessed they were by them i used to think i couldn t relate to the psalms because unlike david and some of the other writers i didn t have an enemy with an army trying to kill me i didn t want to see anyone pulverized because they hurt me plus i m just not into poetry that is until a pastor of mine reminded me i do have an enemy with armies that are continually attacking continually attempting to kill my soul read those psalms with satan in mind he said oh right now i get it and over the years i have grown to love the psalms to be blessed and challenged by them i ve seen my enemy and rejoice with the psalmists over my lord s defeat over satan on my behalf these are god s words what s not to love that s why i love about the bible and why i look forward to reading it every day i relate to what the writer of psalm 1 says the word of god plants my soul by the water that refreshes me nourishes me strengthens me to produce fruit for his pleasure it s my lifeline between me and god i agree with david s words in 4 6 because i can look at our fallen world and see only violence hatred lies immorality war and an uncertain future and say who can show us anything good and honestly if i look at the news i don t think there is anything good to see then i look up i open my bible and see god in all his glory i see the god who is love who died to take on the punishment for all the evil i see in our world and in me the revelation of the seriousness of sin and also its cure is found in these precious pages david goes on in verse 6 and prays let the light of your face shine on us lord that light is revealed in the words god inspired to be written in the book we call the bible i m looking forward to the next month or so as i dig into the psalms meditating on them praying them back to god singing them and allowing god to speak to me through them i want to be that tree in psalm 1 drinking in the flowing stream of comfort and truth and god himself lord our lord how majestic is your name in all the world lord my lord how majestic is your name in my heart this entry was posted in christianity sin the gospel and tagged bible faith god god s word jesus psalm 1 psalm 1 8 psalms reading the bible scripture the bible the light of the lord understanding the psalms on june 13 2026 by cazehner who do you think you are 2 replies job 38 42 here s the thing when we come face to face with god when we take a good look a sincere look at who he is creator god we will have the same response as job had i had heard reports about you but now my eyes have seen you therefore i reject my words and am sorry for them i am dust and ashes 42 5 6 i hope you ll read these chapters today as though god was talking to you get ready to be humbled can you honestly stand next to god and dare to tout your own accomplishments can you declare your goodness or intellect or righteousness equal to his who do you think you are the correct answer is dust and ashes then take a good look at creator god all powerful all knowing righteous and holy and know he sees you he loves you he gave his life to save yours if you ve never humbled yourself and accepted the grace of god through jesus blood do it today get to know him through his word and receive what he died to give you if you are already his child by way of the cross let this challenge you to take a good look at him today stop and consider the truth of who he is check your heart against his is there is a hint of pride or self satisfaction or a suggestion of a skewed opinion of him shaped by the world then repent immediately don t let satan get a foothold when you take an honest look at god you will be humbled you will feel like dust and ashes in comparison as you should the question is not so much who do you think you are as it is who does god think you are according to scripture he thinks you are worth dying for that lump of dust and ashes that is you is precious to him someone he wants a relationship with can you grasp the wonder of that truth who do you think you are i pray you can answer that with a child of god a sinner saved by grace this entry was posted in christianity sin the gospel and tagged bible christianity creator god faith god god answers job jesus job 38 42 job 42 redemption saved by grace the cross who god is on june 12 2026 by cazehner little gems with big truth leave a reply nehemiah 10 11 mattaniah was the one who began the thanksgiving with prayer several verses later we find he and his relatives were also in charge of the songs of praise if you skip over the long list of hard to pronounce names you miss the little gems thrown in i m thinking about mattaniah this morning of all the men listed he was the one who opened with prayer he was in charge of the song portion of worship but what stood out to me was the fact his relatives served alongside him what an example he was for his family he was a praying man he was a praising man and scripture tells us his relatives followed his example the music minister of my church has been with us for many years his sons grew up in the church and are now adult men today both boys serve alongside their dad one as the youth pastor the other as the bass player and both are on the worship team their dad leads every sunday i can t imagine a bigger blessing for a parent than to serve god shoulder to shoulder with your children so the little gem i found today in the book of nehemiah was mattaniah the big truth i recognized is the fact that our lives the choices we make and the evidence of our commitment to jesus are the footsteps our children are following my question is where are your footsteps leading your children this entry was posted in christianity sin the gospel and tagged christian parenting nehemiah 10 11 parenting raising jesus followers serving the lord on may 28 2026 by cazehner the good old days 2 replies ezra 1 3 it must have been a hard seventy years in babylon but now the israelites were home not only that but they had the blessing of the king of persia to rebuild the temple in jerusalem this wasn t just freedom from the chains of captivity it was the freedom to finally worship god without fear of death the first thing they did was to build altars and sacrifice their offerings to the lord i can imagine the excitement because they all knew without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin blood was finally shed praise the lord then after everyone was resettled in their homes the building of a new temple on the original site began when the foundation was laid a worship service was held lots of singing lots of praise lots of joy and lots of tears the old guys those who had lived in israel before the captivity seventy years earlier wept i ve heard some sermons condemning them for holding onto tradition resisting change i think that s unfair the bible doesn t tell us what those tears were about except to say the people remembered the temple that was personally i think these old folks were sad knowing the contemporary temple would be inferior to the temple they had known and i think they longed for the good old days sigh this entry was posted in bible study christianity and tagged contemporary vs traditional worship ezra 1 3 rebuilding the temple worship on may 21 2026 by cazehner post navigation older posts subscribe to blog via email enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address subscribe join 445 other subscribers search for recent posts idols which path 250 years blessed because one more day quit trying archives august 2026 july 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