Then it follows that whatever flows from the Creative act happens because God directly willed for it to happen. If He didn't then it wouldn't be part of Creation.
Jesus tells a story about a man counting the cost before he builds a tower. I think that's a good illustration of God's Creation. He didn't Create without a plan. And He didn't have only part of a plan with the blank bits to be filled in by men's choices. When God created He had a full set of blueprints to work from.
So if the above is the case, and I believe that it is, then everything that happens happens as part of God's direct planning or ordination. Of course it's easy to believe that when the good things are happening. But if we believe it then we need to be consistent and believe it about the not so good things that happen as well.
Have a blessed night Buggman.
"So if the above is the case, and I believe that it is, then everything that happens happens as part of God's direct planning or ordination."
That being the case God would not be surprised or indignant when all works out according to His plan.
Unless God also sovereignly decided to invest some of His creation with free will, thus creating two ways for Him to interact with His creation: Permissively, choosing to allow His creatures to do what they wish to even if He would prefer that they not, and actively, directly interfering with His creation to mould it to His own ends.
You really ought to watch out for those false dichotomies you keep setting up, my friend.