Think of a plant.
To take root, it needs soil.
To grow, it needs rain.
To remain alive, it needs sunlight.
To stay healthy, it needs wind, insects, and sometimes even harsh pruning.
In nature, nothing is given in isolation.
Whatever is needed is provided together with its conditions.
Too much of anything is not a blessing. It becomes destruction.
Constant rain causes rot.
Constant sun burns.
Constant wind uproots.
Nature survives through balance.
And what about humans?
The moment humans convinced themselves that they were separate from nature, problems began.
We ask:
- “Why did this earthquake happen?”
- “Why did this flood come?”
- “Why did this war break out?”
But we rarely ask:
- Why do endlessly expanding cities increase risk?
- Why does unlimited greed lead to conflict?
- Why does injustice eventually explode?
Is the divine system performing a form of purification?
Imagine a neglected garden.
If it is not maintained for years:
- Weeds take over
- The soil hardens
- Productivity declines
At some point, a harsh intervention becomes necessary.
You dig the soil.
You remove the old growth.
It hurts.
But without it, nothing new can grow.
Earthquakes, storms, floods…
Are these punishments?
Or are they the system restoring its own balance?
And the harder question:
Could even wars be a form of human-generated “cleansing,” born from broken balance?
When justice, sharing, and measure collapse, no system tolerates it forever.
Because in nature, there is no concept of infinite tolerance for error.
Why does God provide everything?
Maybe the real question is not:
“Why does God allow these things?”
Maybe it is this:
If everything is provided, why does humanity break the balance?
Rain is given.
Sun is given.
Reason is given.
Free will is given.
But responsibility comes with them.
In nature, no other creature consumes without limit.
Only humans do.
A pause instead of a conclusion
Perhaps what we experience is not “punishment,” but a cycle of warning.
The system does not shout.
It does not issue verdicts.
It simply calls balance back.
If humans listen, they learn.
If they do not, the cycle repeats.
Nature is patient, but persistent.
The divine order is silent, but precise.