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 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.

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.

If you stare at this barn for a second you will see who will help us
stand straight and tall again.