Everything happens for a reason.
I believe that. Believing that makes me feel better about terrible things that happen in the world. Some may call that Pollyanna thinking. I guess it is. But it helps me accept God's will better.
In The Reason for God (See video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3juJzFbGpMk), Timothy Keller, pens examples of people who suffer crises in their lives. "Though none of these people are grateful for the tragedies themselves, they would not trade the insight, character, and strength they had gotten from them for anything. With time and perspective, most of us can see good reasons for at least some of the tragedy and pain that occur in life. Why couldn't it be possible that, from God's vantage point, there are good reasons for all of them?"
Maybe the most impactful tragedies in my life came from overconsumption of alcohol. I've listed many of them in my book (https://covenantbooks.com/books/?book=corking-the-bottle) and this blog. As a result of my alcoholism, I have come closer to God, I know dozens of people I never would have met, I fulfilled my lifetime dream of writing a book, and I have come to understand addictions so that I might be able to help others. None of these good things would have occurred if I weren't an alcoholic.
Thank you, God, for my eye-opening tragedy. Everything happens for a reason.
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