If you realize that God is causing all things in your life, whether good or bad, to work together for your good, then it becomes a little easier to thank Him for the things that happen in your life. But, instead of questioning and accusing God, you can be thankful, knowing He is in control. The Lord God is my strength. If there is no harvest, if the fig trees don't blossom and the olive trees don't produce, if there is no meat produced from our flocks, it don't matter. Lord, it is hard to always give thanks.
Life can be so cruel and brutal.
But when we are thrown into the fiery furnace, You are already there, waiting to deliver us. You are in our blessings, and in our trials.