I was walking down life's highway a long time ago.
One day I saw a sign that read, "HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE."
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 needs 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 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 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)

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