A new and wonderful friend of mine wrote me an email looking for resources that talk about understanding God's plan. In short, discernment. She wrote, "people often say "x,y, and z happened and it all worked out because it was God's plan." The first thing I recommend is going to seem like the weakest answer but it's also the simplest and yet most difficult: prayer. I recommend developing a relationship with the Holy Spirit. In 2003, I met a woman named Babsie Bleasdell (may s