Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson dropped a game-winning touchdown pass in the end zone in overtime last Sunday. The wide open Johnson could have sealed a victory for his team by simply holding on to the perfectly delivered pass. Instead, the ball slipped through his fingers and the Pittsburgh Steelers went on to win the game.

After the game, instead of taking responsibility for his mistake, Johnson blamed God for putting him through the ordeal of losing the game for his team.

Later that night, my telephone rang and I received the terrible news that the son of one of my friends had been in a horrible automobile accident. The young man is still in ICU as of today, trying to recover from serious injuries.

The father of this young man could have blamed God for the accident. But he chose to praise God and thank him for comforting him during this awful ordeal. He said that he had never felt a deeper sense of being held in the hands of his heavenly Father.

How could two men have come to such completely different views of God? I don’t suppose we have enough time to cover that topic today, but it’s one we should think about. When something bad happens in your life, what will you do—blame God, or trust him?