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 wide 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 SPIRIT,
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 gracery 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."