Evil Will Not Conquer

One of the best truths that I find in Dante is that evil cannot harm Dante.
Virgil says to Dante:
"Do not be startled, for no power of his,
however he may lord it over the damned,
may hinder your descent through the abyss,"

Virgil is taking Dante through hell per request from God. It is God's will that Dante see hell. Whatever God wills will happen and nothing can stop His will. Satan cannot stop God's will or evil.
This reminds me of Job in the Bible. It is a story about a man who has everything in his life. He has wealth and power and reputation. He has many sons and daughters. Many servants and livestock. He is deemed righteous in God's eyes and he reverences God. Satan sees this and tells God that Job will deny God if he did not have so much. He asks God if he can take these things away from Job and see if still praises God and is righteous. God says yes as long as he does not die. Job loses everything he has except for his wife. He even loses his health and his children. The end of the story is that Job suffered because God willed Satan to act, but only because it was God's will. Satan has no power over man. Job never denied God and God came him abundantly more than he had before his suffering. In the end Satan loses.
Suffering on earth is a hard thing to face especially when it is starring you right in the face, like the tsunami that just happened. In the midst of this great suffering what will we do? Blame God, curse God, deny God . . . or will we believe that God has a plan even though it is hard to see?