Heaven's Grocery Store

I was walking down lifes 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 he was all over the place.
I stopped to get some STRENGTH
and COURAGE
to help me run the race
By then my basket was gettin full,
but I remembered I needed sosme GRACE.
I didn't forget SALVATION,
for SALVATION was free,
So I tried to get enough of that
to save both you and me.
The 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."
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