WHERE IS GOD?

''Where is God'', one may ask, ''when bad things happen?'' Where is God when the mountain is on fire and waters overflow onto the lands and the valleys? (no where to run to).
Where is God when it hurts? Where is God when the last oil is used up, yet with little or no hope of survival?
Where is God when our tears suddenly become our bread; and our fears fears become our companions? Where is God when we are hurting?
Where is God when a success of several years suddenly crumbles, in a twinkle of an eye? Where is God when the grass suffers just because two elephants fight?
Where is God when those little children are abused, and they must have to live with trauma their whole life? Where is He when the innocent suffers and eventually dies from another's doings?

Yeah, we may be right in asking, but may not be right in not really knowing where He is, when things seem to go wrong. We can't really live without His love; and love brings us closer to those we love, and those who love us. It is man who always goes far from God, not the other way. True Friends are near to us when we need them, but God is always near because we need Him always. In fact, He is always with us.
You still want to know how close He is to us? Well He lives in us. He is in us at every moment. When we sleep, He's awake watching over us. When we sin, He doesn't run from us; rather we run from Him. He still searches for us. What greater assistance can you render a friend than to feel his pains with him, to shed his tears, to make his own sorrows yours, to carry his burdens, to bear his shame? God does these to us. He suffers in us when we are hurt. He suffers in us when we sin. We only fail to notice His presence. Yeah because we're so selfish; because difficulty tends to blind us from, even others' ordeal, and we see only ourselves. The pain of the difficult situation leaves our senses numb and dead to other cases seeking our attention.

God is the reason we survive hardship. Should we face all misfortunes that come to us alone, without God, we would've died long ago.
Benedicamus Dominum!