I'm usually not one for the Bible, but since quoting it was helping Michelle today -

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Philippians 2:12-13

For some reason, I actually have complete and absolute faith in the fact that there is some higher power up there directing us, whether for a good/bad purpose.