Why do bad things happen to good people?

Have you ever wondered why bad things happen to good people?  The Bible gives us various reasons.  Let me share one.

In 2 Corinthians 1:3-6 we read, “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.  For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.  And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.”

Until you have cancer and go through the rigors of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, you can not know the pain of those treatments.  You can't honestly say, “I know how you feel.”  Until you suffer financial failure, you do not know firsthand about such loss. 

When you are injured, suffer loss, give up a loved one in death or suffer wrong in any way, God can use you in a unique way to comfort someone else.  Allow Him to use you.