Bad things happen to good people. It seems as if that's the question we ask all the time... Why do bad things happen to good people. We make mistakes. We don't always do what we are supposed to do. When we do that, our actions not only affect us, but it effects those around us. We don't always see the mistake that the person made. We just ask... He/She was such a good person why did such a bad thing happen...
Bad things happen sometimes to get us to dig down deep. To get us to think about what it is that we need to possibly turn around not only with in us, but with the world around us. sometimes bad things happen because we need them to happen. If life stayed good, we wouldn't tell someone we loved them, we would go on assuming that they knew. If life stayed good, we wouldn't learn about who we are because we wouldn't take the time out to stop and spend time with God getting to know him. For it's when we get to know him that we find out what our purpose is, and in finding out our purpose, we learn who we are, what we're capable of.
There have been many postings that refer to the story of David. Man did he go through some things on the way to becoming king... Through it all, he spent time and relied on God, and then wrote about it... Where do you think all of the Psalms that he's credited with came from... In the new Testament, Matthew 11:28, has Jesus telling us to rest in him when we are weary. To lay all of our burdens on him... How many of us do that? How many of us just walk around acting like things are OK instead of admitting we cannot handle it on our own? How many of us find other ways in which to deal with the hurt and end up in the process killing ourselves?
We have to get to a point where, we are depending on God more and more than we depend on ourselves and our own mind....
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.... Proverbs 3:5-7
