Why do some really very good people suffer?

[If they were sinners in their previous births, how could they be so nice in their present birth? My child is weak in a subject. Can you solve this problem?]

You think that a person is very good because of his nice gentle character. There are even cheats, who appear very soft and nice. There are very good and sincere people with a rough character. A soft person may be selfish and a rough person may sacrifice himself for someone. If a person has this one bad quality of selfishness, then all his good qualities are tarnished. God will not care for any of them. A selfish person with all good qualities is like a gold cup with salt water. It is not fit for drinking. We are interested in the contents of a cup and not for the cup. A cruel person who is ever ready to sacrifice for the sake of another is like an earthen cup containing nectar. Lord Shiva gave salvation to the hunter for his sacrifice in spite of the fact that he was a barbarian. The Lord did not give salvation to the selfish priest. Thus we normally make a mistake in distinguishing the real good and the real bad. The Lord’s judgment alone is correct and completely practical. His viewpoint is true and is different from ours.

Regarding the problem of your child I advise you to stop worrying about your child. You should only worry about serving the Lord and not bother about your problem at all. In such a case your problem disappears in a fraction of a second. As long as you do not give undue attention to your family and concentrate on the Lord’s work, the Lord will take the responsibility of your entire family and in such a case, the benefit to your family will be beyond your imagination. If you concentrate on your family, leaving the Lord aside, your problem will grow more and more. If you concentrate on the Lord and your problem equally, your problem gets partially solved. Now you have to choose one of these alternatives.