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HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE

I WAS WALKING DOWN LIFE'S HIGHWAY A LONG TIME AGO.
ONE DAY, I SAW A SIGN THAT READ "HEAVENS 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 THE 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 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 SOME GRACE.
I DIDN'T FORGET SALVATION FOR SALVATION IS 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 I JUST HAD TO PUT THAT IN,
FOR I KNEW WHEN I STEPPED OUTSIDE, I WOULD RUN RIGHT IN TO 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, "TAKE THEM EVERYWHERE YOU GO".
AGAIN, I SAID, "HOW MUCH DO I REALLY OWE?"
HE SMILED AGAIN AND SAID:-

"MY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL A LONG, LONG TIME AGO!"

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