Me: Howdy, Prodigal! What are you eating today?
Prodigal: A cookie and it is good. I wonder what ingredients were in it to make it so good?
Me: I know it has North Carolina pecans in it, and speaking of ingredients that reminds of Heaven’s Grocery Store.
Prodigal: I just knew you were going to relate a cookie to God somehow.
Me: Of course Prodigal and this is actually from our reader Ginger today.
I was walking down life’s highway a long time ago.
One day I saw a sign that read “Heaven’s Grocery Store.”
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 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 and 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 the 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 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 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 owe?”
He smiled again and said, “MY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL A LONG TIME AGO.”
Even though we do not have a Heaven’s grocery store with angels in it. This is a fun reminder of all the things we do need on a daily basis to walk in obedience to the Lord. All we have and all we use on a daily basis is just simply ended with Jesus our Savior, our creator and out Father. I like that Ginger shared this because at times we need serious in depth study of the scriptures and other times we just need a short parable that speaks the truth in a way that even children can understand! Thanks and I look forward to others who share their thoughts also!
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Take care,
Jennifer
www.faithincounseling.com
www.theprodigalpig.com
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