HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE
I was walking down life's highway a long time ago.
One day ! 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 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 that was free,
so I tried to get enough of that to same 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 when I stepped outside, .
I would run right into sin.
PEACE and JOY were plentiful, they were on the last shelf,
SONG 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 smiled at him and said, "How much do I really owe?
He smiled again and said, MY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL
A LONGTIME AGO.