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)