Deny - Lent 2019

“But we HAD to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ””
‭‭Luke‬ ‭15:32‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/111/luk.15.32.niv (capitalization added)

I could not deny her. We’d picked out the “fast” shoes I’d promised her. When she showed me these I had to buy them for her also.

Just as the father explained to the complaining son when he fussed that the wayward son received a huge party upon his return.  My favorite word in the verse is “had”.  He could not deny the blessing and joy.   Glad today that God won’t deny me His joy.