Why do bad things happen?

God revealed His name through Melchizedek – El Elyon, which is a combination of two words.
El, which is derived from His name Elohim (Genesis 1) identifying Him as the one true living God; and Elyon, an adjective describing the noun El, meaning most high or supreme.
Together, He is God Most High, expressing His supreme sovereignty over all things.

Then we look at our lives and the world.  It is spinning out of control!  But El Elyon is the ultimate authority over our lives and this world and nothing happens that He does not allow. Our logical question then becomes:

If He is in control, why do bad things happen?

Because this world is full of people who seek selfish gain.

Our nature is not to glorify God, so we are constantly in rebellion against Him, living against His perfect ways.

The world is fallen because of sin.

In your reasoning, would you want ALL bad things to be prevented, or just the things that are important to you? How bad is bad? Is there any level of bad that would be acceptable?

If God were to prevent all bad things from happening, He would also have to prevent us from
acting badly,
speaking badly,
thinking badly
and desiring badly.

If God prevented all the bad associated with a fallen world,
How then would we know His goodness?
How could we experience His grace and forgiveness?
How would we know His love?

We would not, because He would be controlling our every action, with no will of our own. We would have no choice but to obey Him, which is not love at all.

So, in the midst of the pain, suffering and tragedy of this world–
we can sense the light of goodness that calls us out of the darkness,
we can experience God’s forgiveness Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ even when we are keenly aware of our rebellion,
And in His presence, we can experience His peace in the midst of the storm.