[Garth Tater]

"if God is wiser than we, His judgments must differ from ours on many things, and not least on good and evil. What seems to us good may therefore not be good in His eyes, and what seems to us evil may not be evil."
                                          - C.S. Lewis

Personally, I start with "God loves us" and figure that everythiing flows from there as God intends it to flow and that it is all for the best. How could it be otherwise?

[duckbutt]

Romans 8:22: We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Therefore, not only were humans affected by the fall,but nature itself. We’re seeing the results of the fall and if these natural disasters occur stronger and closer together, we need to look up, for our redemption draws near.

[Jacquerie]

Thank you very much.

[Bethaneidh]

Because this life is not the only “thing” there is. If “this life” stops, it is not necessarily punishment, could be a door to reward. He does not promise untroubled passage, but that through it all He will hold your hand.