Heaven's Grocery Store

I was walking down life's highway a long time ago.
One day I saw a sign that read `Heaven Grocery Store'.
As I got a little closer, the door came wide open,
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 if you couldn't carry them,
you could come back for more.
 
First I got some PATIENCE.
LOVE was in the same row.
Further down was UNDERSTANDING,
you need that wherever you go.
 
I got a box of WISDOM,
a bag or two of FAITH.
I couldn't miss the Holy Ghost,
for He was all over the place.

I stopped to get some STRENGTH and COURAGE
to help me win the race
And though my basket was getting full,
I remembered to get 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 the counter
to pay the 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 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?"
The Angel smiled again and said, 
"MY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL A LONG TIME AGO."