Where is God When bad Things Happen?

That is the question asked today in VBS. Don't we all ask this ourselves from time to time?
The children's answer to this question is to believe that He is right there with us. And this is true.
We may not always "see" Him and we may not always "feel" Him...but He is there, providing us with what we need to get through. We often miss Him not because He has left us but because we lose sight. Our focus becomes our circumstances rather than our Father who comforts us and strengthens us. When we lose sight of Him we lose ourselves in the struggle and the storms consume us.
Jesus tells us we will have trouble in this fallen world. He also tells us He will give us peace. He says He will never leave nor forsake us.
Where is God when bad things happen? He is right where He promised He would always be, right here with us.

What I Cannot See

So we do not focus on what is seen, but what is unseen; for what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18

There are things i just cannot see but i know they exist. I cannot see the air i breathe but without it i would cease to be. I cannot see see the wind but i feel it upon my skin and see its movement in the trees. The thoughts of others i cannot see but i hear them as they are spoken to me. Though i have never seen love i have known its manifestations. I hear it in the voices lifted in worship on Sunday morning. I see love expressed in the kindness of strangers. I feel love in my husband’s embrace and in my children’s good night kisses. I cannot see love but i know it exists. God is love and without Him i would not be.

“Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God knows God. No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us.” 1 John 4:7&12