In this sequel to A Tardiness in Nature, the family history continues now with the arrival of the fourth sibling. As this latest arrival grows out of infancy, the older siblings, as well as the parents, all experience growth and expansion in their faith, each in a unique fashion. When their marriage is being threatened by life's circumstances, Matt and Carrie are given aid from a clergyman and his colleagues outside their own faith structure to restore the romance and happiness of earlier days together.