For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. - 1 Pet 3:17
We've all heard it numerous times: "Why would a God who is all-good, all-knowing, and all powerful allow bad things to happen to good people?" We can also turn the question around: "Why would an all-good, all-knowing, and all-powerful God allow good things to happen to bad people?" After all, while seeing good people suffer is horrible, it's not much fun seeing evil people having fun either.
It has to be said, though, that this question is sometimes asked in innocence by people with a genuine desire to understand what seems impossible to understand. Other times it's asked by people who have suffered or whose loved ones have known grief and loss. They honestly want to know: How could God let this happen to me and to mine? Why wouldn't God stop this pain and help me? After all, sometimes we experience devastating suffering. Just consider the Holocaust, the abduction and murder of a child, or the long and painful death of a kind and gentle person.
The critics of Christianity would respond that God is either not all-knowing, not all-powerful, or not all-good. I would say that the question—and even the problem—are actually more of a difficulty and a conundrum for the nonbeliever than for the Christian.
There is no one answer fit all for this question but we know that everything work together unto those that love the Lord.
It is a good day, the first day of the rest of your life. On this day, God will show up on your behalf.
Good Morning and do have a better day!
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