I believe God gives Call me Madam Madaming Ginagawa shirt and every one of us our own cross that we have to carry. Some have lighter crosses than others do. It is up to us to carry that cross until God chooses to take us to heaven. Google and listen to Elizabeth Smart’s story and her witness of God’s work in her life because of what happened to her. Good things and bad things happen to all of us, but we learn and are stronger because of trials. Everyone needs God! He’s our hope and promise. Bad things don’t happen because of God, they happen no matter what, but it reveals to us our need for God. A feeling of greater peace and joy than you can ever find in this world. He did say. So what you want, so he wasn’t telling you or anyone else what to believe, he only shared his own thoughts.