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Heaven's Grocery Store

I was walking down life's highway, a long, 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 just inside.

I saw a host of angels, they were standing everywhere,
One handed me a basket and said, "My child, please shop with care,"
Everything a Christian needed was in that Grocery Store,
And all you couldn't carry, you could surely come back for more.

First, I got some PATIENCE, LOVE was in the very same row,
Further down was UNDERSTANDING, you need it wherever you may go,
I got a box 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, that 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 that I had everything to do my MASTER'S will,
But, as I went up the aisle, there was PRAYER, and I just had to put that in,
For I knew that when I stepped outside, I'd 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 unto the Angel, "How much do I owe?"
He smiled and said, "Just take your basket wherever you may go,"
Again I looked at him and said, "How much do I really owe?"
He smiled again and said,
"My child, JESUS paid your bill a long, long time ago."