Life is not just a series of randomly connected events. Life is not just the luck of the draw. History is working towards a conclusion planned and ordained from the very first. It must be hard to get up and face the day when you believe that what happens to you is just random luck. With such a belief, when suffering occurs, there is no hope for a better tomorrow, no expectation that your suffering can be redeemed, no promise that all things work together for good.
Stuff just happens.
But I don't want you to be deceived by that way of thinking. Stuff doesn't just happen. Life is NOT random. Jesus Christ surrounds history. His purpose is woven into every strand of history, both universal and personal.