A cool passage from 2 Samuel

But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead." Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
Then his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food."
He said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, 'Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?'
But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
II Samuel 12:19-23 ESV

An interesting perspective on death. It's amazing to see how David has peace about God's decision, and it makes me reflect back on how I feel when bad things happen to me. Is my first reaction like David's, to clean up and go worship God? Probably not. But the truth still stands: no matter how bad life gets, there is always joy in Christ and reason to praise Him.