Favorite Stories: Heaven's Grocery Store

Favorite Stories: 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 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 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 on the last shelf.

Song and Praise 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 TIME AGO." - by Ron DeMarco copyright 1990 (used by permission)