This was the exact question a neighbor asked me yesterday as Woody and I were out walking.

Two responses came to my head, though I am not exactly sure what came out of my mouth at the time.

First, He is where He always is—in control, powerful, loving, and sovereign. Of course, that one statement raises all kinds of questions. Lots of “But why does He/doesn’t He . . . ?” So what I think I said to my friend was, “He is totally in control, the God He has always been. Even though I do not know—cannot know—what He is doing.”