Why do bad things happen to good people?

So, there was a scene in the movie "Do You Believe" that really struck me.

//-Where was God when she died?
-He was with the bartender saying "Please don't serve another drink.  He was with the driver saying 'please don't drink and drive.'"//

This really helped me answer the question: Why do bad things happen to good people?

Two main things are apparent in the above dialogue: community and the fall.

We are responsible in holding one another accountable to our faith in scripture.  Because of the fall, we are prone to sin, (but Christ has forgiven us of these sins).  Our sins affect one another (our community).  This is why we must remind one another of the scripture so that when we follow God's law, Good Things will happen (not bad) to others and not bad.

This is why we spread the Good News.  When we spread the Good News, more and more good can spread.  But we are still prone to sin.  Because of "the fall" when Eve ate the apple.  This is why we live according to God's will, then good things will follow.  But when we do not, we see the results of our wrongdoing.

The bartender and drunk driver are in community with the daughter because God loves us all.  Their actions affected her.  God attempted to leave his fingerprint upon them, but their sin nature (a result of the fall) resisted his ways and caused one of God's beloved children to die.  Though she may have been ready to meet her God in Heaven, this may be an example of how God has plans for us (Jeremiah 29:11), but we as a community and as individuals deviate and interfere with them.  Sometimes, we simply choose to do wrong when we know what's right.  Knowing this and what's worse, we infringe upon others' God annointed plans (the daughter's plans are now off course) due to our sin nature without even realizing.

People always say that God has a way of turning bad things into good things.  I think that's because those bad things aren't really God.  It's man making their own agenda.  Or the devil. (sin, the fall)  And God showing his grace and mercy in our circumstances to provide us with good and right our wrongs and remind us of how we are completely forgiven and loved.

So, why do bad things happen to good people?  Because we as a community (a true, entire community) are still broken and influenced by the fall.  We have done this to our selves.  It's not fun to think about, but it is the truth.  We need to reach our community through the belief or our Christ and his cross.

Do you believe?