Why do bad things happen to good people?

This is an age old question that I feel sure you have asked yourself 1000 times, at least I have.  And unfortunately, I still don't know the answer.


Why does it seem like some people are handed everything, and others who may struggle or may be trying as hard as we can to live for Christ, well they seem to get knocked down more than they get helped up. 


Could it be that we are looking at it in the wrong way?  Maybe we should be asking ourselves through all those hardships what we can learn from it?  


Maybe we should just reach out to God and hold on.  Maybe that's all he wants, and all he ever wanted.


Sometimes I think we definitely try to make things more complicated than they should be, and sometimes we just feel sorry for ourselves.  


This morning I was frustrated about something that I didn't need to be, something that was really trivial.  But because of the person who did it, I let it get to me and I shouldn't have.


Now what can I learn from that?  


Let's see.
1.  I can't control other people, only myself.  Sometimes, I'm not very good at that.
2.  God is in control, always has been, always will be.
3.  Be a servant to others and quit worrying about what other people do.


There are probably a lot more lessons I could get out of that, but those seemed the most obvious to me.  

We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him.  They are the people he called because that was his plan.

Romans 8:28  New Century Version