The more I think about it and the more I pray about things, the more I realize that everything happens for one reason:  the same reason, which is to bring all people to a realization of their need for God and a savior.  I wrote about this before concerning sickness.  But even more than that, everything else in life happens for this same reason.  Death, for example, occurs in order to show us that we won't be here forever.  When people die and we're unhappy, it's normal; it's showing us that we don't want to die either and that we wish that person was still around.  This is saying two things:  we wish people could be around forever so we could enjoy them as we always did, and we're afraid of dying because we don't know what happens afterwards.  God's solution:  we go to heaven after death if we put our faith in God and his savior, and we don't need to worry about other people because our level of enjoyment in heaven will far surpass any amount of enjoyment had during this life.  But this is just death.  What about everything else?  We get sick to show us that we won't be around forever and we need to put our faith in something eternal.  We experience unhappiness to lead us to God's joy.  We go through tough times with money to make us not depend on it, but to depend on God.  We're put in uncomfortable situations to make us stronger so that we can stand for God.  Some people enter our lives to teach us to react in such a way that would be contrary to how we're tempted to act, so that we can love God's people.  This is a short list of things that happen all the time.  I noticed this every time I pray because I say things like, "God, please use this situation to bring people to You."  I've said that on so many occasions, that it made me realize that everything happens for the sole purpose of bringing people to God. #religion