The Better

Sometime back, I heard someone quote Tim Keller as saying that God has two answers for the prayers we bring to him- "Yes" and "Better".  If we don't receive what we think we need in the way or time we think we need it, we can be assured it is because he has a kinder, better plan.  I am amazed that Brooks and I are blessed to be enjoying a season of answered prayer.  After several years of wading through uncertainty due to circumstances such as Brooks' mom's struggle with terminal cancer, sorting through her things and selling her home, a miscarriage and the waiting to become pregnant again, I stop to consider where we are.  We are in a new place- eyes wide and constantly learning.  However, it is a familiar place- resting in the Planner who loves us much more than we deserve.   We are delighting in the Better.