hannah the human
“Why does God let bad things happen to good people?” This is, for me, one of the most annoyingly simplistic questions people tend to ask. You see, being raised Methodist, I’ve had an answer to this since I was quite young. It’s as ingrained in me as are the ten commandments and that Jesus loves me, this I know. God “lets” bad things happen to ‘good’ people because people have the freedom to make the choices they are going to make. So, today, when the president of my university stood in front of us at chapel asking this question, I think I audibly sighed (I mean I’m not sure if it was audible, after all, as I generally cannot hear those sorts of sounds anymore). I’m so tired of this question. Now, I love discussing this with my youth. But in my head, the fact that a grown adult asks this question just seems ludicrous… Until I started thinking. Just like I need to remind myself about other “basics” of my faith, I need to be reminded of this, too