May Jesus Christ Be Praised

I received this in an email devotional I get everyday and I thought this was awesome. I wish I could do the same and always turn to praise Jesus Christ when I feel a void in my heart or when life doesn't seem to be going the way it should.
How do you get to that point when there is tragedy in your life and your first response is to praise Jesus Christ? I long to be in that position. When tragedy comes my way, my first response is why? or anger or unbelief. Eventually I get to the point where I praise Jesus, but sometimes I don't. Sometimes its more of a cry to God instead of praising him. But when I do praise him, it heals-why don't I seek the healing through praise first and foremost?
so many questions I need to find answers to. Finally, the words I wanted to share initially as my baby boy cries for me to pick him up:

When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer to Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Wnene'er the sweet church bell peals over hill and dell,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
O hark to what it sings, as joyously it rings,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

When sleep her balm denies, My silent spirit sighs,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
When evil thoughts molest, with this I shield my breast,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

In Heaven's eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
The powers of darkness fear when this sweet sound chant they hear
May Jesus Christ be praised!

To God, the Word, on high, the hosts of angels cry,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let mortals, too, upraise their voice in hymns of praise;
May Jesus Christ be praised!

-Rev. E. Caswell (1800)