If God is good, why do bad things still happen?
Goodness is not a promise of a painless life. Suffering does not get to define God or finish the story.
Early Christians suffered and still called God good.
Faith is not ‘nothing painful will happen.’ Faith is ‘nothing can separate me from His love, and He can still redeem this.’
This remains a live question. Hold it with honesty and with Romans 8.
Verses
- Romans 8:28-39 — Nothing shall separate us.
- John 16:33 — In the world you will have trouble. I have overcome.
- Psalm 23 — Through the valley, not around it.
A next step. Tell God the pain without accusing His character. Ask for presence more than a theory.