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 just inside. 

I saw a host of angels. They were standing everywhere. One handed me a basket 
and said, "My child, please 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. 

First, I got some PATIENCE, LOVE was in the very same row. Further down was 
UNDERSTANDING, you need it wherever you go. I got a box or two of WISDOM, a 
bag or two of FAITH. I just couldn't miss the Holy Spirit, for He 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 that 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 my 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 right 
into sin. 

PEACE and JOY were plentiful; they were on the last shelf. SONGS and PRAISES 
were hanging near, so I just helped myself. Then I said to the angel, "How 
much do I owe?" He just smiled and said, "Just take them everywhere you go." 

Again I smiled at him and said, "How much do I owe?" He smiled again and said, 
"My child, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL A LONG, LONG TIME AGO!"