Have you ever sat and questioned why bad things happen to good people? I am sure if you’re honest your answer would be a yes. Bad things happen to really good people, really underserving people, and it can bring up all these questions of why such a good God would allow something so incredibly awful to happen.

Why would a loving God allow something so awful to happen to the children that He loves so much?

It’s hard to comprehend. It’s hard to wrap your mind around. I know, I’ve tried.

We live in a world full of so much evil and darkness simply because of sin. The bad things around are simply results of the sin that fills this world. And as much as it’s hard to settle with that answer, that’s the one we are given. That is the one thing we know to be true about the bad things that happen.

But there is hope.

There is hope in knowing that God has the perfect plan. In the middle of heart ache, in the middle of questions, in the middle of the storm that circles us God has the perfect plan. There is no plan that can throw off His plan, His purpose will always prevail.

So, we have to sit there and hold onto hope. We have to hold onto hope that even in the darkness and even in our questions, God’s plan is good. God’s plan is perfect. We have to hold onto that hope until our heart believes it.

We are here in the middle of a world that seeks to stir up fear and doubt in our hearts. We are surrounded by people fighting, people dying, people hurting, and so much more. It’s hard to not want to run. It’s hard to not to try and figure out how to live in a world that is so broken.

But let’s stop here for a moment and take a deep breath.

We don’t have to figure it out. This world is the hands of a God who loves us. His purpose, His plans, His desires will happen. And He only has the best for us. It’s there that we find our hope. It’s there that we settle the answers to life’s toughest questions. It’s there, where even if we don’t find out all the answers, we find hope.

And that’s what we need friends, we need hope.

Hope is what we need to stand in the middle of the storm and know that we are going to be okay.

So, hope my friend. Hope.