There should not have been any replies to this thread at all, just the OP.
Twiggy, you called this the ‘rhetorical question’ thread, but then wrote “what do you say?” after the rhetorical question! 🙂
JK! Its a good question, even if not a rhetorical one. When people answer Baruch H.shem, thats really short for Baruch H.shem fine, or Baruch H.shem well etc etc.
We acknowledge that we thank H.shem in whatever matzav we find ourselves, whether we THINK its a good matzav for us or chas v’shalom not. Everything is really l’tovah. Just that it is not always instantly apparent to us.
Its all part of H.shem’s master plan, nigzar before ??? ??? ??????, and because we are created for the honor of H.shem and we are the ?? ?????, we know that our Father has only our best intentions at heart.