Why does God let bad things happen to good people? How many times have you heard or asked that question? I bet it has been more than once or twice. Often it is offered by non-believers as some sort of backwards proof that God doesn’t exist. Why is my food burnt? Well, clearly chefs don’t exist! Gordon Ramsey is lie!
Another damaging response I’ve heard is that the person was being punished for the sin in their life. While we can see in the Bible that God will correct people that are sinning, this response has too many holes in it to be a blanket answer. I also believe if this is the case you would already know you were being corrected and would not need to be informed by a third party.