Feast on some short tales


God's Grocery Store

As I was walking down life's highway many years ago
 I came upon a sign that read Heavens Grocery Store.
When I got a  little closer the doors swung 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 human needed was in that grocery store
And what you could not carry you could come back for more.

First I got some  Patience.  Love was in that same row.
Further down was Understanding,  you need that everywhere you go.
I got a box or two of Wisdom and Faith a bag or two.
And Charity of course  I would need some of that too.

I couldn't miss the Holy Ghost. It was all over  the place.
And then some Strength and Courage to help me run this race.
My basket was  getting full but I remembered I needed Grace,
And then I chose Salvation for  Salvation was for  free
I tried to get  enough of that to do for you and me.

Then I started to the counter to pay my grocery  bill,
For I thought I  had everything  to do the Masters will.
As I went up the  aisle I saw Prayer and  put that in,
For I knew when I stepped outside  I would run into sin.

Peace and Joy  were plentiful, the last things 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 asked "Really now,  How much do I owe?"
"My child" he  said, "God paid your bill a long long time ago."