MERCY

I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to the Ladies Prayer Advance in Virginia this past weekend. What a blessing to be encouraged in the Lord and grow in grace . One thing that really stood out to me this year was a message on Mercy. The definition given was that Mercy is the willingness to enter into someone elses pain for the sake of their good. It reminded me of the times in life that I needed someones mercy and someone entered my pain for my good. It also made me think of the times of discouragement that people face and to ask myself how can I be the face of Jesus to them? How can I extend mercy? I was reminded of this poem that I had read and thought I would post it as an encouragement for you.

Lord, Prop Us Up!

The old man in the church thanked God and asked for help and then closed his prayer with this unusual petition, “And, Oh Lord, prop us up! Yes, prop us up on our leaning side.”

When I researched that story, I found that the old deacon’s response when asked why he always prayed that prayer, was, “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 has stood for many years. It is 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 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.”