Nice one, Angelique, thanks. Sherri
On 9/1/07, Angel Luvs Tags <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LORD, PROP US UP > 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 '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 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. > "To the > world, you might be just one person, but to one person, you might be the > world" > > ~Angelique~ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
