“She was the one that I’d wanted for all times; and each night I spend prayin’ that God would make her mine; and if He’d only grant me this wish I wished back then; I’d never ask for anything again. Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs. That just because he doesn’t answer doesn’t mean he don’t care. Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.” - Garth Brooks, Unanswered Prayers
In a dark phase of my youth I was a country music fan, and while that isn’t a music phase that I particularly am fond of remembering, I do find that country music, particularly older country music, can often give great insight into the deeper questions of this life…and sometimes the not-so-deep questions of life, like college basketball recruiting.