praise God

maybe this is all a bit heavy,
but i think that when something goes well for us we say "praise God"
and rightly so.
but when things go badly we all believe that we can and should praise God, but we don't. we talk about how we're sure that God is doing something good here. the words that a christian dreads hearing when everything has gone wrong are "romans eight, twenty eight" because it's just so token. and maybe we're supposed to praise God for His character when things are hard and praise Him for what He has done in the past and the nice things He continues you to do even in difficulties - like allowing us to breathe, and sending the sun on the earth.
but really, when we really think about it, and His sovereign control and limitless love; we should praise Him for each situation, not just in them.
but maybe i have that wrong. and it's definitely easier to talk about.
we don't praise Him for sin, but we trust Him like Job did and we know He's the God who gives and takes away.