HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE

I was walking down life's highway a long time ago.

One day I saw a sign that read, "HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE".

As I got a little closer the door came open wide,

and when I came to myself I was standing inside.

I saw a host of ANGELS.

They were standing everywhere.

One handed me a basket and said, "My Child shop with care".

Everything a Christian needed was in that grocery store.

And all you couldn't carry, you could come back the next day for more.

First, I got some PATIENCE. LOVE was in the same row.

Further down was UNDERSTANDING: you need that everywhere you go.

I got a box or two of WISDOM, a bag or two of FAITH.

I just couldn't miss the HOLY GHOST, for it was all over the place.

I stopped to get some STRENGTH and COURAGE to help me run this race.

By then my basket was getting full, but I remembered I needed some GRACE.

I didn't forget SALVATION, for SALVATION was free,

so I tried to get enough of that to save both you and me.

Then I started up to the counter to pay my grocery bill,

for I thought I had everything to do the MASTER'S will.

As I went up the aisle, I saw PRAYER: and I just had to put that in,

for I knew when I stepped outside, I would run into sin.

PEACE AND JOY were plentiful; they were last on the shelf.

SONG and PRAISE were hanging near, so I just helped myself.

Then I said to the angel, "Now, how much do I owe?"

He smiled and said, "just take them everywhere you go."

Again, I smiled and said, "How much do I really owe?"

He smiled again and said, "MY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL A LONG, LONG TIME AGO."

ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER YOU SHALL ASK IN PRAYER, BELIEVING, YOU SHALL RECEIVE." MATTHEW 21:22

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