Give Thanks, in all Circumstances

1 Thessalonians 5:18 says Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. The biggest question I have is how are we to give thanks in all circumstances when we see people with guns, shooting others and than shooting themselves? How do we explain this verse to those who have lost loved ones, and family members because a Mother was driving down the wrong way on a highway drunk and possibly high on drugs? I am going down to the Special Touch Camp, in 2 and a half weeks, with people that have the minds, of school kids, though their love for God, is something stronger than I have even seen in my life. I know we have to give thanks in all circumstances because thats what the bible says to do, but the question is HOW when tragedy like this at times hits us. How do I explain to someone who is in a wheelchair, or even mobile that doesn't have a regular education, that we are to give thanks in all circumstances. Not because I don't think they would understand my explanation of it, but because of all that they have gone through in their lives. It's the same thing in my life, if someone would have told me when I was a teenager and going into the hospital for major surgery, that even though I could die, I have to give God thanks, I probably would have looked at him with two heads. How in 2002 when my Mom suddenly passed away from a stroke, through that difficult time, was I still supposed to give thanks? I suppose I could have given thanks that she knew and trusted in God, and I will someday see her again, and I am grateful for that. And I understand that when tragedy does hit us, that we don't always have to explain everything but just be their to comfort those who are hurting. But when the questions come what do we say?