Why Does God Allow Bad Things To Happen?

If you have been following my column, you know that a thief stole a hard drive from our editor’s home with valuable irreplaceable information for the television show we are producing.

That was a huge loss as the footage represented thousands of pula as well as footage we can never duplicate.

I have spent a lot of time in prayer wondering why He allowed that to happen. Why does God allow bad things to happen to people who are just trying to help others? I’m not the first to ask. I am sure there are times you were just trying to do good and something bad happened. Why? Is God not able to protect, provide, and deliver us safely to the vision He gave us without harm on the way?

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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