Why do bad things happen to Good People?

Why do people suffer? Why do bad things happen to good people?

These are just some of the questions that Feast Laguna Senior Builder, Bro. Jon Escoto attempted to answer during the second part of the series Your Toughest Questions Answered.

One thing that Bro. Jon assures everyone present is that “God wants to bless you today”

However according to him there may be others that think God loves suffering because there are good people that suffer in life

And as if directly refuting the thinking Bro Jon said “Walang magulang na gustong nakikita na naghihirap ang anak niya”

That is not the God we know since God does not love suffering instead God wants us to avoid unnecessary suffering.

However there is such a thing called “Necessary Suffering” just like what Jesus had to go thru. His suffering is necessary because we need to be redeemed from our sins.

Bro Jon gave out 4 things why “Necessary Suffering” happens to our lives

1.  We suffer because of the consequences of our bad, sometimes even painful decisions

2.       We suffer because we live in a fallen imperfect world that needs to be redeemed by Christ

3.       We suffer because God wants to bring about change in our life

4.       We suffer because God has a greater miracle in mind

Bro Jon explains that God does not punish, we all suffer since we are still here on earth.

“Hanggang wala ka pa sa langit, you will experience suffering”

But not everything that happens in this world is Gods will adds him, God has given us freewill to decide and it’s the same freewill given by God that can give us the best joy in the world.

“God has an amazing way of turning the garbage that we made into something beautiful”

Adding that there is no need to feel down and out when we are suffering since God knows how it is to suffer, all we need to do is trust in His love

“You can trust in His love because He is a God of greater miracle”

Bro Jon ended by saying that good people suffer because God has a greater miracle in mind

“We might only be expecting the moon but God wanted to give us the stars in our lives instead”