07-03-2010, 06:23 AM
Jehovah, Prop Us Up.
Every time I am asked to pray, I think of an old man who always prayed, “Jehovah, prop us up on our leaning side.” After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently.
He answered, “Well, 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 'bout 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 Jehovah 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, ‘Jehovah, prop us up on our leaning side,’ so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify Jehovah.”
“Trust in Jehovah with all your heart and do not LEAN upon your own understanding. In all your ways take notice of him, and he himself will make your paths STRAIGHT.” Proverbs 3:5-6
Warm Christian Love
Bangalore
Every time I am asked to pray, I think of an old man who always prayed, “Jehovah, prop us up on our leaning side.” After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently.
He answered, “Well, 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 'bout 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 Jehovah 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, ‘Jehovah, prop us up on our leaning side,’ so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify Jehovah.”
“Trust in Jehovah with all your heart and do not LEAN upon your own understanding. In all your ways take notice of him, and he himself will make your paths STRAIGHT.” Proverbs 3:5-6
Warm Christian Love
Bangalore
