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Good dads say, “No.”

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲, "𝐍𝐨."⁣ ⁣ It’s 1995—the year I’ll…

Originally posted on Facebook on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Good dads say, "No."

It’s 1995—the year I’ll graduate high school—and my dad is getting me a car. We’re shopping around different dealerships, and I want one of the first cars I see: a dingy, used ’92–’93 green Saturn SC.

I’ve got the fever.
I’m anxious to go nowhere in particular.
I just want some wheels—and would’ve settled for practically anything.

But my dad said, “No.”

Because he wanted something better for me.
He chastened me for my anxiety, warned me of all it could rob me of, and instructed me to learn patience—so I can have the best.

Weeks go by.

At the end of a school day, I’m walking toward my bus when I hear my name—
“Chris!”

I look past the buses…
There’s my dad, leaning against a shiny, red, gold-package 1995 Mazda 626.

What my dad wanted for me was exceedingly better than what I wanted for myself.
And I wouldn’t have gotten it… if my father hadn’t said, “No.”

So it is with God.

He says, “No”
because there’s something better He wants for you.

"Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us"
— Ephesians 3:20

And so nothing I say is ever confused with prosperity garbage, let me be clear:
The better that God wants for us—
is Him.

Very often, the thing He says “No” to would keep us from that.

So today, I’m thankful for a good Dad who says No to the “good” I think I want—
so I can receive the best He has for me.

Thanks, Dad.

Happy Father’s Day.

#GoodDadsSayNo #Men #Fathers #HappyFathersDay #perfectourlove

P.S. Everything God gives teaches us about Himself (marriage, family, etc.). So, how we live as parents, spouses, people… is so important. It can aid or hinder others from having a right view of God.

I Will Trust And Run To You

Paul Luckett | Brainflurry.com - I Will Trust And Run To You

An incontrovertible truth is that we’re all trusting someone that largely determines the outcomes of our lives.

At the end of the day, life comes down to one question:

“Who am I going to trust?”

If I were a child, it would be my parents.

To enter the kingdom of God we must become as little children who trust God, their Father through Jesus, the one and only mediator, whom He sent.

“Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.'”
—Matthew 18:2-3

For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
—1 Timothy 2:5

When I feel,
When I think,
When I hunger,
When I wonder,
When I explore,
When I fear,
When I dare,
When I delight,
In all I do, I run to You, God my Father.

“in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’”
—Acts 17:28

Happy Father’s Day