Loving God, Trusting His Plan in Times of Loss

In my quiet time today, I was thinking about knowing God better so I could love him more. When I love Him more I'll trust Him more. Trusting God's plan when you have lost someone whom you didn't think should have died, is hard. So, how can I work on loving God more, so my trust will increase?

When You Don't Understand Why?

Sometimes when we are hurting, not understanding why we are suffering loss, why bad things are happening to us, the most important thing we can do is to trust God. To say, "just trust God" seems too simplistic---one of those churchy answers that just doesn't help. How can we simply start trusting God in the midst of our loss?