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 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 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 are 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." "ALL
THINGS WHATSOEVER YOU SHALL ASK IN PRAYER, BELIEVING,YOU SHALL
RECEIVE."
(MATTHEW 21:22)