Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen?

Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen?

A response for those who are brave enough to ask the real question.

Here is the hard truth — and it may sting before it soothes:

God does not allow suffering in the way we imagine a parent allowing harm.
God loves us enough to give us choice — and to honor the consequences of that choice.

That distinction changes everything.

The Question Beneath the Question

When people ask, “Why would a loving God allow this?”
what they are really asking is:

“Why didn’t God intervene to stop the pain?”

And beneath that:

“If God loves us, shouldn’t life end happily, gently, neatly?”

This is where the human mind and the soul part ways.

Love Does Not Mean Control

God did not create a world of puppets.
God created a system — vast, lawful, intelligent, and impersonal in its operation.

This system includes:

• Free will

• Cause and effect

• Attraction and resonance

• Karma and consequence

• The laws that govern energy, matter, and consciousness

These laws are not punishments.
They are teachers.

And they only work if they are honored consistently — without favoritism, interference, or rescue.

A universe where choices have no consequences is not loving.
It is meaningless.

Free Will Is the Greatest Act of Love

God loves us so deeply that we are allowed to:

• Choose how we live

• Choose how we treat others

• Choose how we treat ourselves

• Choose how we respond to pain, injustice, beauty, and grace

And yes — that means people can choose in ways that cause immense suffering.

This is devastating to witness.
It is heartbreaking to experience.

But it is not evidence of abandonment.

It is evidence of freedom.

The Soul’s Perspective Is Wider Than the Body’s

Here is where things become difficult — and sacred.

From the soul’s perspective:
Nothing is wasted.
No experience is meaningless.
No pain is outside the field of growth.

Some souls choose experiences that look unbearable from the human lens.
Not because suffering is good — but because consciousness expands through contrast.

This does not make suffering “okay.”
It makes it purposeful beyond what the mind can comprehend.

The soul is not here for comfort.
The soul is here for evolution.

The Ending Is Happy — Just Not the Way We Expect

We often believe love means:

• No loss

• No grief

• No horror

• No sorrow

But love, in its deepest form, means:

• Nothing is excluded

• Nothing is meaningless

• Nothing is abandoned

Even pain.
Even sorrow.
Even death.

From the soul’s view, the story does resolve into wholeness — but not always in the chapter the body is living through.

This Does Not Mean Passive Acceptance

Let’s be clear — because this is where teachings get distorted:

Understanding the perfection of the system does not mean:

• Allowing harm when you can intervene

• Ignoring injustice

• Bypassing grief

• Withholding compassion

Every action has consequences.

And because we are interconnected, another’s suffering is our suffering.

Awakening does not numb us.
It sensitizes us without collapsing us.

The Integration That Changes Everything

When we begin to integrate with the soul — not abandon the body, but include it — something profound happens:

Judgment softens.
Resentment loosens.
The need to control dissolves.

We begin to see:

• Why things unfolded as they did

• How growth was catalyzed

• Where love was present even when pain was loud

This doesn’t make life easy.

It makes life true.

The Deeper Invitation

God is not protecting us from experience.
God is trusting us with it.

That trust is the glory of being human.

You are not here to avoid pain.
You are here to become conscious within it.

And in that consciousness — even with tears still falling — something ancient and luminous awakens.

A Gentle Reflection

• Where have you judged life for not going the way you thought it should?

• Can you feel the difference between pain and meaninglessness?

• What changes when you see choice — not punishment — at the center of experience?

You don’t need answers yet.
Only honesty.

Your Assignment

For the next few days, notice when your mind says
“This shouldn’t have happened.”

Then gently ask instead:

“What is being revealed through this — about me, about love, about choice?”

This question does not erase pain.
It opens the door to wisdom.

And that opening — slow, tender, real — is the beginning of awakening.