"Are you propped up?"

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A college friend of mine visited us for a weekend on our farm recently. My wife and I walked around with him, showing him our various barns.

We came up to one barn—an old heart-pine log barn—and he admired it and said, "That barn’s been around for a while." And my wife said, "So long that it leans to one side."

And I noticed that it does. It leans to the right a bit, but the previous owner propped it up. He built a lean-to on that right side, put strong, sturdy posts under it, and in effect propped up the barn on its leaning side.
That old barn is close to 100 years old. It’s withstood a lot of storms and high winds, snow and freezing rain, insects biting it and horses kicking on it. But it still stands. It leans, but it stands straighter because someone propped it up.

I’ll bet you lean a little, too. You lean toward getting angry or even, gossiping or criticizing, not forgiving and holding a grudge. Ask God to prop you up on your leaning side, keeping you from falling down and becoming no good. Ask God to prop you up as you listen to life and make a life today.

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