Heaven's Grocery Store

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 the Grocery Store,

And that which 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 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 some GRACE.

I didn’t forget SALVATION for SALVATION is 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 that 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, ‘Now how much do I owe?’

He just smiled and said, ‘Just take them everywhere you go.’

Again I said, ‘How much do I really owe?’

He smiled again and said

‘MY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL A LONG, LONG TIME AGO’