Why does a good God allow bad things to happen?

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Why does a good God allow bad things to happen? I didn't walk with God my whole life. I didn't even believe in him. In fact, I walked around making fun of people, mocking people, even cuz the way Christians walked around all fluffy and bouncing on clouds. It was like, there's absolutely no way that you can subscribe to this. There's no way that a good God would allow hunger and suffering and murder and injustice. There's no way that a good God would allow that. But in my own life, there have been times when even not believing in God, I didn't know what to do. I was out of time. I was out of money and I had nothing left. Several years ago, I was pregnant and one of my tests came back really, really high. So high that I had to go to specialist. He was sure that the baby was not going to survive and that I should have an abortion. Which I didn't want to have. I was scared and he said there's one more test that we can do. It's a needle this It's the longest needle you've ever seen and they stick it in your stomach and if the needle touches, the baby could die. So you're risking your child's life and even getting this test. Do I want to risk my child's life to get this test? The doctor could see that I didn't know what to do and he left the room and I'm laying in the hospital bed. I look up at this God that I hardly believe in and I beg him for help. I begged him to tell me if my baby was okay. It was so silent in the room. And to be honest, he didn't say whether the baby was going to be okay, but I felt an answer. He told me that it was okay to get the test. Just as I got the answer, the door opened, the doctor came back in and the answer I had received was correct. We did the test, it did not harm the baby. It also did not confirm the results. I had to live the rest of the 9 months carrying a baby that I didn't know if it was going to live or die. I wasn't even a Christian. I didn't even believe in God. But you know, they say hindsight is 20/20. Years later, I can look back and see that the Lord was working in my heart the whole time. I can see that everything has a purpose, that everything has a reason and that nothing is wasted. And sometimes I wonder if he allows bad things to happen just so that we'll call out to him. I spent 33 years of my life not being a Christian, not following the Lord, not believing in him, even after he answered me, even after I called him and he answered me several times, I still did not believe in him because I'm hard-headed. And I wonder how many times he reached out to me, he was just trying to get my attention. How many things I could have avoided in my own life if I had just paid attention. So, if there's one thing, if you've never done anything else in your life, just reach out to him. Just ask him. Whatever questions you have, just ask. He'll answer you. In Matthew 7, it says, "Seek and you shall find." Jeremiah 33:3 says, "Call and I will answer." What do you have to lose? Just ask him. Just call out to him. And wait for your answer. Praying for you, friends, that you call out to him and that you get your answer swiftly and clearly.