Why did god allow the earthquake in haiti?

Houses are poorly constructed with lax codes, if any” (The Haitian Times). How can nations of the world allow this country to continue to struggle? How can God?

For 200 years, Haiti has been seemingly trapped in a cycle of futility. In spite of continued outside efforts—billions of dollars of aid, debt-forgiveness, foreign peacekeeping forces—Haiti remains a completely destitute nation. But it is not just Haiti.

History shows humanity has always been plagued, to one degree or another, by the same problems. The record of man is rife with disease, war, dictators, famine—with never any true improvement. Why does God allow civilization to flounder?

Most misunderstand God’s reason for creating mankind. Central to God’s Plan is the purpose of building His holy, righteous character in people, so that one day they can be part of the God Family, and become sons of God in His soon-coming, eternal kingdom! A key element in this plan for humanity is time.

Imagine if God had demanded that people live His way. Mankind would have fought against Him and accused Him of being unfair. This is the reason God gave humans free will.

After Adam and Eve chose to reject instruction, God stepped back and allowed lesson learning to begin. Throughout history, mankind has called the shots. These are the ways of man.

God cannot instill His character into people by divine fiat. Only through experience can mankind see that its own ways always bring more and worse suffering. On the other hand, God’s ways produce peace and happiness.

At the end of mankind’s chance to try things its way, all humanity will finally be able to look back and see that their governments and religious systems failed! It is at this time that all of the suffering will come into perspective. But in the wake of disasters such as Haiti, it seems hard to keep in mind these reasons behind the untold suffering and how it fits into God’s Plan.

People ask, Why did God allow so many to die? He sees a dead father and his infant son lying side-by-side a week after an earthquake, a woman with her hands raised to the sky mourning the loss of her husband who was buried under the rubble of a collapsed building, a family of five subsisting on a bottle of water and cup of rice in a tent city. He hears the cries of His potential children and it pains Him, as it would any father.

He is “not willing that any should perish” (II Pet.