Isn’t the chaos of this world a sign of God’s absence?

“There is a lot of chaos in the world. If we zoomed in on our own lives, I imagine there’s an awful lot going on there too. 

All of this calamity, chaos, and uncertainty then is surely a sign of God’s absence?

I can absolutely see why we could think that.

What if our lives are also part of a bigger story, of what God is doing in the world, and even in our lives, and grasping that bigger story would transform our understanding and experience of the difficulties and chaos around us.”

Kristi Mair, Oak Hill College