Quick thoughts on Suffering

Job 37:13-14 says, “Whether for correction (literally the rod), or for His world,
Or for loving kindness, He causes it to happen. (14) Listen to this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God. The author if Job tells us to stand and consider the wonders of God. Not primarily because of suffering; whether it’s for correction, or to show God’s loving kindness, but primarily because He causes it to happen.
Let us consider Lamentations 3:37-38, “Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both good and ill go forth?” Or Amos 3:6, “If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it?
If your like me; your thinking to yourself how do these verses affect my thinking of the doctrine of God’s sovereignty. I remember in college when I was presented a book to read, and perhaps some of your are old enough to remember when it came out back in the 80’s (Josh!), it was called When Bad Things Happen to Good People, by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner. He said that earthquakes, floods and the like that killed thousands of people were not “acts of God.” If these events which occur in the natural world aren’t governed by the hand of God, how can I take refuge in God when calamity strikes my life? How do these verses console you or perhaps cause you to question the goodness of God when calamity, suffering, or heartaches occur?