If you're struggling or feel overwhelmed, therapy can help. The question as it is posed; I know I’m not the best person in the world, but why do bad things keep happening in my life?It seem like I just get over one crisis and another one occurs. It wasn’t just one thing happening to one person, but several things happened to several people all at once. A young mother is dying of cancer. Jesus stood sinless, yet offered His life so that we might find forgiveness and join our Father in heaven. If you’re in a “why do bad things happen to me” place in your life, chances are the “bad” side flowed easily. There are three things you can do to get back on the right track.This is of course, an oversimplification:1. I now need a new one as this one is beyond repair. How does one attribute so much to one's own "creation"? If your having alot of conflict in so many areas of your life don't beat yourself up. Hmm… Interesting question. It happens automatically, spontaneously and easily if you are doing it right. Talk about a hard conversation! I think back to my friend and his wife. Reality is a result of inner manipulations of consciousness, it is a feedback system and by observing and contemplating the relative successes and failures in your life, you can get a good picture of your inner state of being. How to Trust God When Bad Things Happen – and Keep Happening April 6, 2017 Guest Contributor Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. That’s the quick version, but there’s more to the answer. My dad died last year & I made horrible hospital decisions for him causing him pain, discomfort & death while thinking I was doing my best to save him. I don’t know which scriptures they clung to during his sickness, but they unknowingly ministered to me multiple times—through the patience and kindness they exhibited. In it I give a much more in depth discussion on this very subject. I want to thank you for the time you spent in writing this article. Job's animals were killed or stolen, taking his wealth with them. First of all, technically speaking there are no good people. When death, disease, and disaster strike, how can we reconcile our faith and our suffering? Suddenly people from the Bible kept popping into my head and I knew the Holy Spirit was answering my question without me asking it. -John 3:16 (God loves the world.) (Gen. 6-8) Since Jehovah God * is the Creator of all things and is almighty, many people may be inclined to hold him responsible for everything that takes place in the world, including all that is bad. Will we, like Job, cling to our Father? Cant seem to make things better and I wish to feel good. But then one day I met a kid, I was lost in my thoughts sitting at window seat in DTC bus. I would suggest going back to the time when all of this negativity began to assert itself into your life, and see if you can discover any major changes that took place in your life then. There is no one who is not affected by the harsh realities of life, and the question “why do bad things happen to good people?” is one of the most difficult questions in all of theology. However, I also recognize that in spite of my parents choices, I have also had a hand in my own rather negative set of circumstances. His words about the Almighty proved accurate, as Job 42:7, assures. Quotes “If you don’t do … God used their pain to reveal His glory, charging us with courage for our own journey. I can avoid negative thoughts but it suppresses my pain that overwhelmes me in tears. (Gen. 37- Gen. 47) “We can ignore even pleasure. You planned it, you created it and there are quite valid reasons why your life is as it is. He praised the Lord and refused to sin. The bad things that have happened to me and how I came through them are all because of the glory and power of God. The miracle of the man regaining his sight—his life—displayed God’s magnificent work. Why, the little child will not run away from mother any more; it is sure to keep hold of her hand from now on. You can concentrate on health, but inwardly if you believe that the body is inherently flawed and vulnerable, born in sin, you will get unhealthy. :)As an update, my fridge has now been repaired and to date, is still working. I'm so tired when i get home everyday, I look for reasons to relax and linger from the long day (i know big mistake). I help others when I can. After that, my mother moved in with me. Since Jehovah God * is the Creator of all things and is almighty, many people may be inclined to hold him responsible for everything that takes place in the world, including all that is bad. In trials, should we? Please understand, I am not suggesting the you are consciously making these bad things happen to you, but you do have a hand in creating them. I miss my mom, but I don't want her negitive energy draging me down, all I ever wanted was a normal life, I deserved my mom to raise me, I deserved to have good birth parents so I wouldn't have to be adopted by a woman who would die in 5 years, I deserved for my adopted step mom to love me and nuture me, I still deserve to be loved by her, I deserve to make enough money to take care of my family and put some in savings, i'm a good person, I love, I care, i'm glad for the family I have and am thankfull for that but that is all I have, I am tired, my soul hurts, please help, I am a positive person, all I want is for my dreams to come true. I hope this short answer will help steer you in the right direction.William Allan, William, I thank you for your answer. This essay was adapted from an earlier version about the same topic, published in 2016. Blame, at time, tempts us to wag a finger at God or others. So, in these instances, how does one deal with this? I have given a lot of help, consideration, time, energy and care to a lot of people and yet, these are the very people who have been the most cruel. No god imposes anything on you, so you can only blame yourself if your life isn’t what you would like it to be. To the best of your ability, eliminate negative thoughts, concentrate on what you really want in your life. There are NO accidents, and everything has a reason. That was pretty humorous and had me chuckling. She died 3 days later in hospital and her family was accusing me of having something to do with her situation. We live in an imperfect world, and the Bible says that it rains on the just and the unjust. At first glance, our Savior’s death on the cross seems a travesty—an innocent man wrongly accused and put to death. God allowed Satan to do everything he wanted to Job except kill him, and Satan did his worst. With our Father’s goodness in sight, however, we hold hope, even though we sometimes toil in the shadow of difficulty, that God overcomes the world. In this world, we will face pain and suffering. I only have one thing to say in response to your reply to ELLA-what the cat don't know.... don't hurt him. What if we consider our difficulties as a canvas exhibiting the brush strokes of God? If you're struggling or feel overwhelmed, therapy can help. We need not concern ourselves when good things seem to happen to bad people. People in Africa and Asia are slowly starving to death. The question still remains: Why do bad things happen to those who have faith in Christ? (Remember, He is not a liar and doesn’t change.) When bad things happen even if it’s your fault, use it to grow as a Christian. The list goes back several years, but the more recent experiences are getting more and more serious. Why do bad things happen to good people...? If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. -1 John 4:19 (He first loved us.) What does this give you? As long as we live and breathe on earth, hard times will threaten man. When we flip to chapter 21, we read of a place void of tears, lying, death, and destruction. This includes the ultimate one: forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ. That is one of the most puzzling of all human problems. I made them hate me so much they never call me even on my birthday? If I had all the time in the world, I still couldn’t answer all the questions about suffering because some of them simply defy any human explanation. Some things that have happened have been the death of my brother in a car accident, my husband losing his job, our car breaking down, or us all of a sudden going broke. Conclusion, What you don't think about and concentrate on will go away. -A little girl died due to illness. Of course, you don’t know that at this time, otherwise you would not be experiencing your life in this earth/world system. Now, there is sometimes an element of truth in this explanation. We only need to keep our focus on our Creator and enter into His presence every day through the portal of His holy Word. Now I feel like in a flash I could be taken from it all! It will continue on the same path until it runs out of snow or hill. First of all, nothing happens TO you, everything happens BY you. We have this misconception that if we understand the reason behind our pain, it will lessen the pain—or at least make it easier to endure. But then one day I met a kid, I was lost in my thoughts sitting at window seat in DTC bus. Trying to stay positive. “We can ignore even pleasure. i did not have a choice when i was being molested. -Romans 8:28 (Acts 7). We need not concern ourselves when good things seem to happen to bad people. There is some good news here and that is that if you really do create your life and its events as I have been saying all along, then you can change it. I came to expect the worst (by training from parental influences) and the truth is, negative occurances have plagued my life. There is no one else that creates YOUR reality. A little boy bears permanent physical and emotional scars from parental abuse. I gulped then muttered something about a fallen world, that life will never be perfect on earth regardless of whether we’re good, bad, or somewhere in between. I used to feel like bad things always happened to me, and if something was going to go wrong, it was going to be in my life. -2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (God comforts us in all our troubles.) As a result, life on earth isn’t perfect. Romans 8. Just 2 words is enough. The terms good and bad in this description are arbitrary for sure, but generally, if you are in harmony with yourself, your contemporaries and your environment, your belief system will be in a natural state of equilibrium, the energy flow will be unobstructed by false beliefs, and bad events will be few and far between. I laughed at your analogy of the cat not worrying about the cat-eating dog down the street. I want to reinforce this statement; If your physical life is not what you want, the cause is always mental. As you can surmise, there are countless factors affecting the quality of your life, but there is one thing you must not deny, and that is, that you created exactly what you are and where you are today. If God said He will work in your life and He will help you through trials as a Christian, then He will do just that. -Jacob’s sons endured a famine. I know that might not help you right now, OP. Small obstacles do not usually affect a trend.After a while, trends take on a life of their own, become a part of what you may begin to accept as your "NORMAL" reality. I have no idea why you were born with your illness, only you would know that, but I know that no God, no Universe, No Soul and No Satan foisted it on you. So there is no confusion here, let me give you a few examples of the type of beliefs that could trigger bad events in your life, but I want to make clear first that religion does not play into this scenario at all and an atheist can be as proficient in creating beneficial, positive, GOOD events in their lives as the most pious Pope seated on a golden throne in Rome. Discouragement sets in. With all 4 of them, it was because I had finally realized that I was being "used" and "abused" and I talked to them about my feelings and attempted to explain why this was no longer appropriate for me. In each of these situations, guilty and innocent people suffered due to one person’s sinful choice. What the Bible says about... Why Bad Things Happen. Through their unwise counsel and encouragement, they implied that Job had sinned, resulting in the suffering. After all, our God is good, and according to 1 John 5:5, believers in Jesus overcome the world. John, a believer in Jesus Christ, received a vision of heaven and was instructed to write down what he saw. He acquired thousands of animals and fathered ten more children. -Night and day (Gen. 1:18) You are obviously not doing it right.When you find yourself in a hole, digging, sinking deeper and deeper, there is only one way to stop the trend. Kristi Woods is a writer and speaker but mostly a Jesus girl. Will we find praise among the bad scenarios? Trends (Good and Bad), tend to keep going, usually getting stronger, until some great opposing obstacle causes them to change course. -Romans 12:9 I used to feel like bad things always happened to me, and if something was going to go wrong, it was going to be in my life. We think that God destined us for these bad things, which lead to anger. When you read the Bible, you see A young mother is dying of cancer. Dear Anonymous,I regret to tell you, that you are mistaken. Isaiah 43:2 promises that God will be with us, Psalm 34:19 assures God’s deliverance, and 2 Corinthians 1:4 reveals ministry opportunity for us as we comfort others due to the consolation we have found in God. If you are already doing it automatically, you might then ask, what is the point in learning how to do something you already know how to do? Now, there is sometimes an element of truth in this explanation. -Psalm 104:28 The disciples asked whose sin caused the condition. I understand my life can be manipulated by how I perceive it, how I act upon how I think about it. You can’t even blame your neighbor with the loud barking dog and you can’t blame your inconsiderate boss for firing you. Is this hell from my past life I don't know? He endured for people like us, so that we will have hope. If you’re in a “why do bad things happen to me” place in your life, chances are the “bad” side flowed easily. God is sovereign, so all that happens must have at least been allowed by Him, if not directly caused by Him. So did his beautiful family. I just don't know why bad things keep happening to me and they just seem pointless bad events with no lesson and everything to do with problems that can worsen. Absolutely nothing is going right for me in my life right now: My parents are getting divorced, my cat which I loved so so much died last week, my best friend of 14 years ended our friendship because her boyfriend told her to, my home life is bad. 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