LORD, PROP US UP ON OUR 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, its like this....I got an old
barn out back. Its been there a long time, its withstood a lot of
weather, its gone through a lot of storms, and its stood for many years.
Its 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 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