**Joyce Meyer
When we experience terrible tragedy, being angry with God is quite common. People frequently ask, "If god is good, all-powerful, and full of love for us, why didn't He stop the thing that caused the pain?"
This is where Satan seeks to build a wall between God and the hurting person. He seizes the opportunity to say, "God isn't good, and He can't be trusted." However, we know according to the Word of God, the truth is not in Satan, he is a liar and the father of lies.
Read James 1:17. Everything good comes from God. God is good, and He cannot be anything else. Furthermore, He is not one way one time and another way another time. He does not change. He is good, and that is the way He is.
It is obvious that God does not always stop tragedy, and we honestly do not always know why bad things happen. First Corinthians 13:12 says, "...Now I know in part (imperfectly)..." We have to remember that faith will always require us to accept unanswered questions, and we must come to the place where we are satisfied to know the One who knows and place our trust in Him.
Prayer starter: God, I may not always understand why bad things happen, but I know that You are good. When I do not understand why, I will find my comfort in You.
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gifts is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
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