Do you know why bad things happen? Acts 11-12

Acts 11:27-30 (NASBStr)

Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius. And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brethren living in Judea. And this they did, sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders.

Why did this happen?  Why was it recorded?  What was going to do?   It seems to move the church to focus on the care of others within the church.   Was that the purpose?   Everyone gave in the "proportion" that they had means.   God had blessed some financially and with property.  Others were not blessed in that way, but were eventually blessed through the grace of others.  Everyone's needs were meet but not in the same way.   That is what God does for us.  Bad things happen in the world.   In this case, a famine.   It wasn't the fault of the people of the church but because of general sin in the world.   But, in the midst of sin in the world the church had a chance to explode with grace.   God made sure, despite the famine, that some would still own property, food, fields and wealth.  God does that.   But, He didn't bless them because He wanted them to be fat.   Rather, in the midst of this general famine in the world, God would still be able to act, but through His people.  He could have simply had their crops grow and made the famine on the lands of the unbeliever.   He did this discriminatory blessing and cursing in the past ... see the story of Moses and his work with Pharaoh.   God could have  made it possible for all believers to have mana from heaven.  He did that for the Israelites in the wilderness.  But, in this case, God wanted to use His people to bless His people.   God does that.  We are His conduit for blessing to others.   Satan may have been behind the famine.   He may have wanted to scatter and destroy the church through difficulty, suffering and strife.  He will do that in the future (see the beginning of the next chapter).  But, in this case God's people responded to the Spirit and cared for the Body of Christ.   Why did the famine happen?   To give God's people a chance to be God's people.