Is God Just?

When life blindsides you — with heartbreak, illness, tragedy, or loss — it’s natural to ask: Is God really just?

If He’s all-powerful and loving, why does He allow pain? Why would He let something devastating happen to someone He loves?

I’ve asked myself those very questions.

When I survived a car crash that completely changed my life, I wrestled with the same doubts.

But here’s what I’ve learned: God’s justice isn’t always visible in the moment. Sometimes, His mercy looks like unanswered questions. Sometimes, His love looks like holding us steady in the storm rather than removing it.

The Questions I Had

Is the supreme being who created me — who allowed my mom to have me at an older age — just?

Is the God who allowed my car crash to happen just?

Is the Almighty, who miraculously gave me a child, just?

My answer to every one of those questions is yes.

Why? Because we don’t see the end result. We only see the immediate aftermath — the chaos, the pain, the questions. And when something goes wrong, we instinctively look for someone or something to blame.

But here’s the truth: God hates to see us hurting. He doesn’t take joy in our pain. Yet, He will walk with us through it — because He sees the bigger picture we cannot.

The Crash That Changed Everything

If you had told me three years ago that I would be struck by a car right outside the school where I taught and coached, I would have been terrified.

I would have lived in paranoia. I might have acted strangely, or perhaps I would have done nothing at all — frozen in fear of the future.

Now, looking back, I am grateful I didn’t know.

I try to live each day without worrying about tomorrow, because I’ve learned this: God hurts when we hurt. Just like a parent aches when their child is sick or in pain, imagine how deeply God feels our suffering.

Why He Allows the Pain

Like any loving parent, God wants to take our pain away. But sometimes, He asks us to be patient. To trust Him.

He knows that we will be okay — not immediately, but eventually.

Just as I couldn’t have known the crash would alter my life forever, I also couldn’t have known that it would place me exactly where I am today — using my story to make an impact.

So, is God just?

Yes. Even when we can’t see the “why” in the moment.

Yes. Even when the road is long and the nights feel endless.

Yes. Because He knows the ending — and it’s good.