Question:
Does God plan everything, like that boy’s arm getting amputated, and me forgetting my car keys?
Answer:
God does know everything, but He has given to each of us a mind capable of reasoning and determining our own course, if we so choose. There is God’s active will and His permissive will. God’s desire is that all men be saved (see 2 Peter 3:9), but He also tells us that “men…shall wax worse and worse” (2 Timothy 3:13), which is definitely not His desire for us. When God allows bad things to happen to anyone, even if it is not His active will, He has a purpose in allowing it. “All things work together for good” to them who please the Lord, and that boy’s arm getting amputated, and [you] forgetting your keys were allowed for the benefit of someone affected by those events.