God is Good

"Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"-Matthew 7:9-11 
God is Good, it's a plain and simple truth. I think we sometimes get confused about this when we confuse God's almighty power as almighty control. God does have all power, and he does have all control over the elements and creations, except those creations unto which he gave agency. One of the greatest examples of God's goodness is that he gave unto all of us the ability to choose, and because he is good he set rules, more commonly known as commandments, that would either lead to the expansion of our agency, or the restriction of it. To each of these commandments blessings and punishments our set.

When life is "unfair" or unpleasant, we shouldn't blame God. It is not his fault that others may have chosen to use their agency against us. None of us are free from the stain of hurting others and if God was to take away the agency of those that did wrong.... well none of us would have agency. And we would never learn.

If you struggle believing that God is good I challenge you to test the scripture above. Pray. Really truly and humbly pray and ask for that which you need, not for that which you want. Bread and fish were not fancy foods and are no representations of wants but needs. Likewise if you pray for what you truly need you will find that God will give it to you. And if you start to look for the blessings, you'll notice that he gives a lot more than you give him credit for.