Besides my own salvation, my father's death has impacted my ministry more than anything else in my entire life. When he died I was devastated. I was angry at everyone and everything. Like many others when bad happen in their life, I asked God “why?” Why couldn’t my dad die in old age like everyone else?  I was ten years old when the Lord took him.    

Many question why bad things happen if God is good. This is one of the most frequent objections people have to accepting the Good News. People don’t understand when the Bible says, “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.” Christ doesn’t promise us a life where nothing bad happens. But He does promise to work it all for good.    

The summer my father died I questioned my mother for information about heaven and Jesus Christ. I was only ten myself, and I was angry. But my father’s early death helped me settle the things of eternity in my own heart. Don’t shy away from someone who objects to the Good News because they are asking “why?” Instead let’s point out that although Christ didn’t promise a problem-free life, He did promise He would work it all towards our good.

This is Luis Palau.