God and Toccata in D Minor

Well, my dad lent me this book to read, called "Desiring God" by John Piper, and in the part that I'm at now, a big theme is God is in control of everything, and that includes natural disasters, personal disasters, the works. Now that sounds really cruel, but God allows these things because while in themselves they are horrible, in the big picture, they further his kingdom. He grieves for the event in itself, but it's part of a bigger picture. I always assumed he was in control, but the bad things were the devil's doing, and God combated that. That thinking would mean that God isn't in control of everything, but he is, which means he "allows" sin. I don't understand all of it, but God has his reasons, and if I understood the ways of God, well, that would be amazing! Anyways, this means that people who try to get away from God, and destroy him, are only furthering his purpose. How great is our God! Even those who try to turn from him and blot him only bring about his purposes and fufill his plans. In one of the psalms it talks about God being even in the darkenss, and there's a verse in Job about how God turns the hearts of kings like streams. He is mighty! It's as if we're just acting out a script. free will is not even worth thinking about, because we can't run from God! We can't stop "acting out" his plan! I've also been on a classical music binge. I was listening to "St. Matthew's Passion", the finale anyway, it is was really cool. Then over the weekend I heard a brass band play "Toccata in D Minor" by Bach too. It was absoulutely stunning. Popular music, while some of it being good, compared to this seems like a diluted, surface of real emotions. The power of these pieces is incredible, and the emotion just washes over you. It's amazing. They make me tingle all over. The feeling is just so real and so massive to me! It's not boring at all! It's some of the best, most invocative music I've ever heard! I'm starting to listen to it all the time, cause it's just so great! I guess other people get their kicks from other types of music, but classical really turns my crank.