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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.' 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 r;
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 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. 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.
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 . 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.' '
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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In today's world, as children of God, we can still say "Touching Jesus is all that really matters, But there is only one way ...
And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone...
One of the greatest inclination of human beings is to zero in on their faith at the cost of its true meaning. This holds true to all faiths...
1 comment:
Great post. I am looking forward to the hard times being over for good. God Bless You.
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