It's a good question, but I think it's misguided. Jesus says it quite bluntly to the rich ruler...
A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good-except God alone..."
Luke 18:18-19
This is the opposite of what people think of most of the people that they know. Not one of us is good except God. Jesus gets into more detail about the evil of humans at other times...
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person..."
Matthew 15:19
Your heart and my heart were described there. He says further...
"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Luke 11:13
So there are no good people. This changes the question from "Why do bad things happen to good people," to, "Why do good things happen to bad people like us?" We can't fully understand God's grace and love for us despite how much we sin against Him, but Christ's death on the cross is the perfect example and assurance of his great love for us.
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