Why does it happen to the good ones?

Don't normally vent on the site but I feel the need to ask - why is it the good ones have to suffer when the ones that probably deserve it don't?

A good friend of mine of 30+ years passed away at the age of 47. He finally married the lady of his dreams in early 2007 who truly loved him. They now have a 1.5 year old daughter between them which is his first child and the love of his life. He finally got a decent paying job which he really liked and then he ends up dying from complications of Guillian-Barre Syndrome. Odds of even getting it are 1 in 100,000. Odds of dying from it are MUCH greater. He figured he got this because GOD thought he was strong enough to handle it and most others could not. So why is it I have to go to his funeral tomorrow?

Just does not make sense. Right now I really feel like shit but just can't imagine how his new wife is feeling. I realize people die and thats just life but why do the good ones who finally got things going in life have to leave so soon? And yet in the local paper right now are people who molest or beat kids to death and they will probably get to live a long life? Behind bars but still......

Anyway, if you could just send some thoughts and prayers to the family of Steven Dale Bloyd I would appreciate it.

We don't know why God's plan works the way it does, but know that he has a love for each and everyone of us that we cannot fully comprehend!

i know how crappy your feeling right now. my best friends wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and they dont expect her to make it much longer. she's only 45 and she is one of the most amazing people i have ever met. i dont know why its always the good people that go through all of this but i do know that god love every single one of us and when they die they get to go to some place more incredible than you could imagine.

Sorry to hear linn its always hard on those left behind!

Sorry for your and most of all the wife's and childs loss. I do not have the answers as to why God does the things he does but it is usually with reason. I know I will be in the same situation sometime in the next 5 to 7 years. A good friend of ours has been fighting cancer and just got diagnosed with it as being terminal. They don't think it will take her anytime soon but only giving her 5 to 7 years. She just turned 37 and is a single mother that gets no support from her ex. Sad sad situation but she has coped with it and is living life to the fullest and enjoying all she can.

Anyhow I will keep you and your friends family in my prayers. You know how to get a hold of me Linn if you need to.

Sorry for your loss. I feel for the family, and will pray for them to be comforted somehow.

Why do bad things happen to good people? I won't get all theological on ya here for the sake of debate. God has a plan in how He uses each of us, willing and unwilling. I sometimes view it, if the person has put their faith in Christ, then they simply get to go to glory before us. That doesn't mean it's a comfort to those left behind for sure, but we have faith then we know we will see them again. However, we must remember, this life is but a vapor, the flicker of a match and then its gone. Eternity will last forever. Live for it and not for this life.

im sorry linn my thoughts are with his family and yours

very sorry for your loss linn!! i wish you and the family n friends a speedy healing!

Thanks for all the comments and views guys. I will let the family know there are many others who are thinking about them praying for the best.

Sorry for the loss, Linn.As the resident OF , I guess I refrain from trying to pin the loss on someone elses "plan". Life works the way it does and we either accept it and move on (learning something in the process) or not.I guess I see this as an opportunity for u to be some support for the family and us to be support for u.Otherwise we all go crazy together.Condolences (sincere).BJ