I Need Propped Up Sometimes

I don't know about you guys but 

I need propped up sometimes.....

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Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old 

fellow who always prayed, 'Lord, prop us up on 

our leanin' side. 

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'After hearing him pray that prayer many times, 

someone asked him why he prayed that prayer 

so fervently?

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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." 

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"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 about 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." 

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"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." 

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"Sometimes 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." 

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"So we need to pray, "Lord, prop us up on our 

leanin' side, so we will stand straight and tall 

again, to Glorify the Lord." 

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If you Stare at This Barn for a second you 

will see who will help us stand straight 

and tall again. Do You See HIM? 

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Pass This On to Others Who 

Might Need Propping Up.
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