Good People, Bad Things

I often wonder what the garden of Eden must have been like. A perfect world created for God's people. Every need met. No wants. No guilt. No shame. Nothing but pure innocence. Every time I think about this world it makes me want to punch Eve square in the face. Adam, of course, is not without blame...I want to say, "What's up man...a peach wasn't good enough..or some grapes...it's Eden for crying out loud..there's probably a tree with mixed fruit up in here !!!!!! but alas...I stopped trying to work all the what ifs and why nots  out in my finite mind. How terribly disappointed God must have been..He asked only one thing, just one...
       God still doesn't ask much of me today..but I, like Adam and Eve, sometimes can't obey. Once sin entered that perfect world and the world became an imperfect place...well....bad things happen to good people...the good news is  that God can always use the bad situations to his glory by how we choose to respond...I admit that I am not the best at this. I am a tad bit stubborn and I have a little bit of an Irish temper. I'm learning. I know that I always will look to see how someone responds in any given situation so that I might draw some kind of hope from them or some  bit of encouragement. I'm in pediatric healthcare so I've seen my fair share of craptastic things happen to really good people, but in the mist of some very dark moments I've seen pure light because of how these people have chosen to respond.
        I have been able to meet some amazing families due to being in the hospital with Samuel. I know of one family right now who was sent home and told that there is nothing more that can be done for their child, but still they thank God every day for the time that they have been given and of course they are praying for his healing. I have another friend who adopted a sweet little girl  4 months older than Samuel also with Down Syndrome and a heart defect. This family is waiting to hear news on whether or not their daughter's heart can be fixed. They adopted this sweet baby at 4 days of age, knowing she had all these issues, and they love her unconditionally just as she is and they continue to hope and pray. There are so many of these stories in the world of bad things happening to good people....I really have learned over the course of this last year that it's not what happens in my life that matters, it's how I choose to respond to it...God promised that He would never leave me nor forsake me and He has kept that promise through everything.