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 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 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 tired 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 to the aisle, I saw PRAYER and I just had to put that in

For I knew when I stepped out side, 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 LONG TIME AGO.