As many are suffering physically, some financially and others emotionally from our present pandemic, I realize it is a very serious situation.  I do not make light of it, but as with death and grief, humor can help brighten dark days. It is proven humor can hasten the grief process; if that be the case, finding a few funnies during these grievous days can certainly lighten our load and get our minds off some things we can do little to change. Here are few of those humorous happenings that I’ve collected:

• Just before the state government closed beauty shops and such, I got a haircut on the last day they were opened.  Apparently the beautician had a premonition about things to come, because she practically sheared me. I told some friends that it was so short I looked like a boy with boobs.  They got a laugh from that image.
• I had a friend message me that her daughter, who lived just down the road from me and who doesn’t go to church regularly, called her on Sunday afternoon and said, “Mama, I still had my gown on and stepped outside and heard preaching coming from the church just up the road.  They were having drive-in church, so the preacher had a big speaker going.  I stood out there and listened to the whole sermon, and it was good. I had church without my bra on.”  (I think this is just more proof that good can come out of bad situations.)
• Another young woman reported her daughter’s reaction: Matti Ruth asked if we could keep doing car church (drive in)! She likes it better.
• A funny question from 5-year- old Mallory, “Momma, is coronavirus ‘worser’ than having lots of kids?”
• There was an actual news story that someone posted on Facebook that showed parents Lysol spraying their kids after school. 
• Another lady commented that Lysol was her new fragrance.
• After the shortage of toilet paper and hand sanitizer, someone said that if there was a rush on coffee and it became scarce, someone was about to get hurt.
• One man said his favorite Corona rule was his wife, a nurse, stripping in garage after work! She would run through naked and head to shower immediately!!
• A few cute images posted on Facebook brought a smile to my face:
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Not only does humor bring some solace, so do the scriptures. Here are a few that are special during these days:

Psalm 46

¹ God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
³ though its waters roar and foam
    and the mountains quake with their surging.

Psalm 9:10

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

May God keep you and yours safe during these days.  Let’s keep in our prayers the President and others who are making crucial decisions to keep us protected. Also for health workers, police and others who on the front lines fighting for us, we pray.