Really bad things happen (2)

I feel I should come back to this knotty painful subject.
Horrible things happen to good people, or at least to those who haven't done anything particularly wrong, and we find ourselves asking the question which has no answer, "Why?"
Why did a five year old girl get abducted and murdered by someone she knew in a safe rural community? Why did a six year old boy, full of life and fun, get maimed and then killed by meningitis related septicaemia?
People deal with these questions in diffferent ways.
I've already described the "head in the sand" approach.
There's the "Find someone to blame" reaction. (The parents didn't take enough care. The doctors weren't skilful enough. etc)
The fatalistic approach of "Que sera, sera" can seem passive and uncaring.
Anger is quite usual and God often takes the blame for the unfairness of the situation.
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(The stars are me pausing and reflecting.)
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What would God himself say in response to these tragedies?
I think he would weep with those who weep. He would have compassion on those who mourn, just as he did when summoned to the tomb of his friend Lazarus. He would demonstrate his love in a way that was meaningful to those in sorrow. He would also help them to find a way through the sorrow to a place of peace.
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When people say that God is uncaring or doesn't understand their pain, they forget that he has seen his son unjustly accused, beaten, tortured and murdered and has forgiven the murderers.
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To discuss this question of suffering fully, you have to mention that unfashionable word, sin, and that very fashionable concept, free will. I think that's a subject for another day.