Lord Prop Us Up

LORD, PROP US
UP On the Leaning side!

Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon who always prayed,
"Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side."

After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he
prayed that prayer so fervently.

He answered, "Well sir, you see, it's like this....I got an old barn out
back. It's been there a long time, it's withstood a lot of weather, it's
gone through a lot of storms, and it's stood for many years. It's still
standing, but one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit. So I went and got
some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall.

Then I got to thinking 'bout that and how much I was like that old barn.
I've been around a long time, I've withstood a lot of life's storms, I've
withstood a lot of bad weather in life, I've withstood a lot of hard times,
and I'm still standing too. But I find myself leaning to one side from time
to time, so I like to ask the Lord to prop us up on our leaning side, 'cause
I figure a lot of us get to leaning, at times."

Sometime we get to leaning toward anger, leaning toward bitterness, leaning
toward hatred, leaning toward cussing, leaning toward a lot of things that
we shouldn't, so we need to pray, "Lord, prop us up on our leaning side,"
so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify the Lord.
(Author Unknown)

This was an e-mail from a cousin of mine. What a thought to take us in the the year of 2008. We do need to be propped up when we lean toward what is not of the Lord. Only the Lord can prop us up to stand straight and tall and when we are we can glorify the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ.