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"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." - C.S. Lewis

I just thought this was a neat quote that kind of went with my "... Why do bad things ..." post, and I don't know what C.S. Lewis work it is from as I found it quoted in a book I am reading (Secrets, by Kristen Heitzmann)

Wow, 2 in one day!!

I had the last topic planned for a while, but I think I'll just update on actual happenings in my life, such as it is.
So, those London Knights won the Memorial Cup, eh?? That was an awesome playoffs, and Memorial Cup run!!! I watched every Knights game, and most of the Rimouski games (Sid is amazing) and definitely enjoyed some good hockey. :D So that's it until the international stuff in the autumn ...
I have finished everything for school, finally. Thesis complete, and therefore, unless I failed, BSC in Honours Psych = DELETED!! I mean ... = COMPLETED!!! I'm deliriously happy about that. Really. There just isn't enough celebratory punctuation on this keyboard to appease my appetite for diversity.
And so commences the job search. I'm not in that much of a hurry, although I have applied to a few places. As long as I find work by September I'll be fine. More than fine. Fine.

"If God exists, why do good things happen to bad people?"

How many of you have ever thought/heard this? I always think "Why not?"

Note: From now on I will be going on the basis that God does exist, as only makes sense for the answering of this question.

Okay, so I can’t exactly answer why any certain thing happens in any certain circumstance to a particular person, since only God would know the plans and the eventual outcome of said happening. However, this is not a new dilemma, and I would think that anyone who has read parts of the Bible has realized that indeed, ‘bad’ things happen to God’s faithful. Sometimes it is a consequence of their actions (directly from God or not), and sometimes it is something that God is incurring for some other reason (not a consequence, but a trial or a service).Ever heard of tough love?
Just like good earthly parents, God knows that spoiling us and giving into our every whim won’t make into the people we have the potential to be. He is the Great Provider, of our every need, not our every want. When something you don’t like happens to you, you can take in and try and get the good out of it, pray about it, and continue serving God through it, or you can whine and complain and indulge in self-pity. Every experience can be used to draw closer to God. God never promises that when we follow Him everything will be bed of roses (that's thornless), but He says that “in all things [He] works for the good of those who love Him …” Whose definition of good? God’s. Not our's. Because I would say that often we don’t really know what’s good for us. I doubt God includes money, power, or fame as part of His definition of ‘good’.

Even when we stray from the path that God would like us to be on, we can get back on that path and pray that God will turn our sins into something beneficial to Him, even just a learning experience. Keep in mind that, as God’s Word continuously intonates, we bear the fruit, and reap the consequences, of our actions.

When someone puts pottery in the kiln do they say, “Why does hot fire happen to good clay?” I doubt it, because they now that the end result will be better (hopefully) than what they put in. So, keep trusting God’s plan, and hopefully we can all go into the fire and come out better on the other side.

There’s a lot more I could say on this, but that’s all I shall divulge for now. Like a past entry says, comments or questions are more than welcome.