Every time I am asked to pray I think of an 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; 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 out and got some pine poles and propped it up on it's leanin' 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 standin 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.
Someitmes 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.
