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Recently, I heard a lady say, “Mama said there’d be days like this.” Of course, that saying was a song by The Shirelles in the 1960s. We often use sayings to express ourselves. According to Wikipedia, a saying is an expression that is especially memorable because of its meaning or structure.

“If you put a peanut in the road and a car runs over it, it will make peanut butter,” my granddaughter, Sabria, told me on the way to school one morning.  She continued with the in-the-road theme.  “If you get run over by a car, sometimes you can still be okay.

Sickness touches all of our lives, whether one fights colds or the “flu bug” or something worse. Folks strive daily to overcome these diseases as best they can. Illness, disease, and finally death has not come from God, but is a consequence of sin (Gen. 3:16-19).

I try to be positive.  I gave up Facebook last June simply for that reason.  Funny thing is, I don’t think twitter is as bad as Facebook.  Instagram certainly isn’t.  It’s just about pictures.  I often got depressed after spending time on there.