Is God good?

Today I cried WITH my dad for the first time ever and hugged him for the first time (like an actual HUG) in about 2 years, maybe more. It was one of the most amazing experiences I've had in a long time. I talked with him about stuff that has hurt me over the years and his parenting and stuff. It was pretty much incredible. Then I got to worship team and heard some shocking and horrific news. Something that shook me up so bad that I was just numb for a while. My best friends had a horrible loss, someone they were close to, that alot of people loved and knew. This best friend of theirs killed himself. This man was a God-fearing, lover of Christ who seemed like the last person who would do something like that. Utter confusion, suffering and grief has come over these friends of mine who have suffered this loss and it leaves me wondering and questioning so many people that I know and love and how God is such a mystery.
I've been praying for something to happen between my dad and I for a very long time and now it has. A wonderful, loving Christian man who seemed to have a love for people and life is now dead because of a gun which he willfully took his own life with. Is God good? I mean, is he ALWAYS good? Can there really be a reason behind everything? Or at least a purpose and plan behind it? Could God have stopped this horrific tragedy to such a young man? Or does the fact that he gave us free will stop that intervention? Is God good? That is the question that determains so much of who we are, how we view our circumstances and other people's circumstances...I'm gonna miss Vinny. I'm sure when Jesus met him in Heaven he was like, "Dude! You wern't supposed to be here so soon! I had so much more for you!" Oh MAN my heart's hurin' so much right now...
LIVE LIFE WHILE YOU HAVE IT! God is worth LIVING for just as much as he is worth dying for!