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 blanket and said,
"My Child, shop with care".

Everything a Christian needs
is in that grocery store.
And all you can't carry,
come back the next day for more.

First, I got some PATIENCE.
LOVE was in the same row.
Further down was UNDERSTANDING,
needed 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,
it was all over the place.

I stopped to get some STRENGTH and COURAGE
To help me run this race.
But then my blanket was getting full,
and I remembered I needed GRACE.

I didn't forget SALVATION,
which like the others was free,
So I tried to get enough of that
To save both you and me.

Then I started 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 had to put it in,
For I knew when I stepped outside,
I would run right into sin.

PEACE AND JOY were plentiful,
They were last on the shelf.
SONG and PRAISES were hanging near,
So I just helped myself.

Then I said to the angel,
"How much do I owe?"
The angel smiled and said,
"Just take them everywhere you go."

Again, I politely asked,
"How much do I really owe?"
The angel smiled again and said,
" My child, Jesus paid your bill
a long, long time ago."

Ron DeMarco and Friend

"All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, thou shalt receive."

(Matthew 21:22)