Why has your tragedy happened? Because you live in a sin-filled world, where people rebel and sin against a holy and loving God a million times every day. Sin ALWAYS brings with it horrible consequences for everyone. But God will not ever take the gift of our free will away. If He took it from one of us, He would have to take it from all of us.

In Proverbs 3:5, God warns us not to “lean on our own understanding.” It doesn’t say that we shouldn’t try to understand, just that we shouldn’t “lean.” The word “lean” here refers to a “panicky demand for answers.” It is demanding that God explain Himself.

Dr. James Dobson said, “It is O.K. to ask “why” and to try to understand. But the fact is that our minds are too small and we have been given too few facts to explain all the heartache in an imperfect fallen world. That understanding will have to await the coming of the sovereign Lord who promises to set straight all injustice.” We don’t understand it all, we can’t understand it all. Folks, a God who is small enough for us to understand completely, isn’t big enough to be God!

We can know this. In Proverbs 29:18, the Living Bible says, “Where there is ignorance of God, the people run wild...” People are running wild and some are out of control because they do not know God. Because they don’t know Him, they have no hope in this world, of for the world to come.

But for those who know Him, there is much for which to look forward. The bible says in Revelations 21:4 that there is coming a day when God will “wipe every tear from our eyes. There will be no more death, mourning, crying or pain.”

God will “wipe every tear from our eyes. There will be no more death, mourning, crying or pain.”