Walt -

> I believe that the steps of a good man are
> ordered by God as the Good Book tells me. In
> good or bad times, my faith has kept me
> going. I was lucky to have good parents who
> did give me a good foundation. They helped
> me to see that sometimes bad things happen
> to good people.

True. However, in His infinite wisdom, our Father did *not* take from us the ability to choose. While He definitely has our best interests at heart, we are still free to make wrong choices just as our own earthly children do on occasion.
By that I mean, if your children have a choice between a good option and a bad option, sometimes they pick the bad option. So it is with us and what our Father wishes for us. Look at the children of Israel. All they had to do was follow Moses into the land of Canaan and remove the inhabitants. Instead, they earned the right to wander for 40 years because of their unrighteousness.

And yes. Random bad things do sometimes happen to good people. And hopefully those incidents *will* serve to make us stronger.

Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"