I was walking down life's highway a long, long time ago. One day I saw a sign that read, "HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE." As I got a little closer, the door opened wide, and I found myself 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 human needed was in that grocery store. And if you couldn't carry it all, 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 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 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 again and said, "MY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL A LONG, LONG TIME AGO."
By Ron DeMarco C Copyright 1990 ~Used With Permission~
Brian Mcmichan: mcmichanco@hotmail.com
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Della: United States My Mother passed away July 5,2021@ the age of 90. While going through her Bible, I found this Poem, Heaven's Grocery Store. When I read it, it brought me comfort knowing God has paid it all for me and that I was blessed with a beautiful Mother.
Cecilia: United States I was given your poem by a friend years ago but never knew who the author was; to God's glory, I googled Heaven's Grocery Store, and now I know.
Phyllis: United States Through many, many years, this poem has meant a lot to me. I think at one time, way back, you could do it in Cross Stitch.
Why is it so difficult for our educators and society, in general, to understand that love and respect for one another taught from a young age can solve much of the world's hostility and social problems!
"Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it" (Prov 22:6).
True loyalty springs from the heart and is wrapped in love. It is often in our most private moments that true loyalty, or the lack of it, is made known.
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