Do you praise God in bad times? How crazy does that sound? Praising God for the good things makes sense, but not for bad things. That seems like an odd thing to believe. However, as the old saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining.

Let me share a practical, though somewhat disgusting example. I had a sinus infection last winter that was kind of strange. It was worse at night, and got better after I got up and got moving. That may not mean much to you, but it allowed me to function better during the day when I had work to do. I was still sick, but wasn’t laid up in bed the entire time. That was something to be thankful for.

I won’t pretend that every bad situation is going to have an easy to spot good thing, but it will be there. We may not see it until years later, but we can trust God to bring good from bad.