Tabitha Oyewole

Why do bad things happen to good people?

I know this is a frequently asked question but I still want to write about it. Better yet, I’ve already written about it in my diary and I’m copying and pasting it here.

The question was triggered by Karen Kingsbury’s Baxter family series that I read (I promise that not all my posts will be about the books I read). So the book got me thinking and asking myself why bad things happen to good people, if the bad things are all part of God’s plan for us and why we have to go through bad things as believers.

I wondered if we could all live a life without sad memories or bad experiences. I kept asking why we prayed that bad things would happen eventually. I wondered why God allows his children to go through tormenting moments and hurtful experiences.

Why do new-born babies fall terribly sick? Why do faithful children of God go through separation or divorce in their marriages? Why do we go through terrible accidents and life-threatening events? Why do young girls get raped and innocent boys get assaulted by so-called big sisters or aunties and get addicted to drugs?

I believe that as believers, that’s a prayer we should pray daily, that he would protect and keep us safe from the ‘evil one’ who is set to destroy us

I asked these questions on my WhatsApp status and a friend tried to explain. He said, “According to John 17:9–19, the world itself is evil and corrupt, and even Jesus prayed that the Lord would keep us safe from the evil one.”

Until I know more, I will keep loving God and believing in him. I will keep helping the people around me find him and live a better life and I’ll keep praying that God protects us from evil.

If you have answers to the questions bothering me, please let me know.

Thank you for reading.