God of Small Things

One might believe there is no God. Because they say he is omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent. But why would a benevolent God let bad things happen? Why would an omnipotent God not stop them from happening? One might believe that God does not exist because if he does, he is flawed. And belief in something flawed is worse, for some, than belief in nothing at all.

But perhaps God's flaws lie not in his inherent power or his benevolence. To us the lives of insects appear fast and brief. Perhaps to them it is an eternity. A life time. And perhaps, to God, our lives, too, are fast and brief. Things happen so fast, from His perspective (if indeed God is a He), our lives are so fleeting, that the effects of his actions, however benevolent, happen only too late. And his actions, however slight to him, however tiny (the flap, lets say, of a butterfly's wing), are catastrophic to us. And this is why, for example, the heavens opened so hard, and so long, throughout the British summertime. Because God heard about the hosepipe ban. And He was only trying to help.