Sometimes what appears to be good ends up being bad. And what looks bad ends up being good.
A man told his friend that his brother was working to get his pilot’s license. His friend said, “O, that’s great!” “No, it wasn’t great because the engine caught fire.” “Oh, that’s terrible,” said his friend. “No, it wasn’t terrible because he had a parachute.” “Oh, that’s good,” answered his friend. “No, it wasn’t good because the parachute didn’t open.” “Oh, that’s awful,” said his friend. “No, it wasn’t so bad, because he had an emergency chute.” “Oh, that’s good his friend replied. “No, it wasn’t good because that one didn’t open either.” “Oh, that’s too bad,” his friend said. “No, it wasn’t so bad because he landed in a haystack.” “Oh, that’s great,” said the friend. “No, that’s not so great because there was a pitchfork sticking up out of the hay.” “Oh, that’s terrible.” No, not really. He missed the pitchfork.” “Oh, good.” “No, it wasn’t; he missed the haystack.”
The life of Joseph is a wonderful example of God turning bad circumstances into blessings. His summation of all the things that happened in his life is found in Genesis 50:20.
But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Joseph is a biographical illustration of Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good
I found couple of historical stories that illustrate this truth that sometimes what appears to be bad can end up being a good thing:
In the late 1800’s a member of Britain’s Parliament went to Scotland to make a speech. He got off the train in Edinburgh, and then took a carriage south toward his destination. Unfortunately, the carriage became stuck in deep mud. A local farm boy came to the rescue with his team of work horses. In his gratitude, the politician offered a reward, but 
the boy refused, saying he wanted nothing. “Well,” persisted the legislator, “Is there anything I can do for you? What would you like to do with yourself when you grow up?” “I’d like to become a doctor” the young man replied. The Member of Parliament promised to do what he could, and in fact secured admission to the university for the young man. During World War 2 more than 50 years later, Winston Churchill lay dangerously ill in Morocco, suffering from pneumonia. A new wonder drug was administered to him, penicillin, which had been discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming, the Scottish farm boy of so long before. And the politician who had sponsored him to the university? He was Randolph Churchill, the father of Winston.
In 1809, Simon Renee Braille and his wife Monique welcomed their fourth child into the world– a boy named Louis. They lived in a small stone house near Paris where Simon was the local harness maker. Leather working tools are dangerous, so the toddler had been instructed not to go into his father’s shop alone. But when Louis was small, he slipped into the shop, and started to handle all the fascinating tools. As Louis was inspecting an awl, the sharp tool used to punch holes in leather, he slipped and punctured a part of his eye with the tool. The injured eye became infected. The little boy could not 
keep his hands from rubbing and scratching the wound, and soon the infection spread to his other eye as well. When Louis was only 4, he became completely blind. Louis was fortunate enough to study at the Royal Institution for Blind Youth in Paris. He excelled as an organist, and at twelve years old began asking the question “How can the blind read?” Over his summer break at home, Louis was determined to find the answer. As He moved and groped around his father’s shop in search of the right tool for his task, the awl presented itself as perfect for the job. The awl would make the raised dots he had seen in the French military system of “night writing.” And with the very instrument that had blinded him, Louis worked and worked until he had created a system of dots whereby the blind could read and write, work math problems and compose music. What is your awl? Let God take it, and use it in your life for good—to reshape you or comfort others.
Do you have a story when God turned something bad into something good?