Heaven's Grocery Store

 

Last Christmas, I received a pin-up poster with the following poem, as a Christmas present from my boss. hereby I would like to share this lovely poem with you.


 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 opened wide,
and I found myself 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 human needed was in that grocery store. 
And if you couldn't carry it all, 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 again and said, "My child, Jesus paid your bill a long, long time ago."
 

by Ron DeMarco and friend