{"id":2571,"date":"2026-10-27T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeewithpat.com\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:09:27","slug":"heavens-grocery-store-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeewithpat.com\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"Heaven\u2019s Grocery Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>God bless each of you today. Have s beautiful, blessed and prosperous day. God loves you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew 6: 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28 \u201cAnd why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHEAVEN\u2019S GROCERY STORE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I got a little closer<br>the door came open wide<br>And when I came to myself<br>I was standing inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw a host of ANGELS.<br>They were standing everywhere.<br>One handed me a basket and said,<br>\u201cMy Child shop with care\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything a Christian needed<br>was in that grocery store.<br>And all you couldn\u2019t carry,<br>you could come back the next day for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, I got some PATIENCE:<br>LOVE was in the same row.<br>Further down was UNDERSTANDING:<br>You need that everywhere you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got a box or two of WISDOM,<br>a bag or two of FAITH.<br>I just couldn\u2019t miss the HOLY GHOST,<br>For it was all over the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I stopped to get some STRENGTH and COURAGE<br>To help me run this race.<br>By then my basket was getting full,<br>But I remembered I needed some GRACE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn\u2019t forget SALVATION,<br>For SALVATION was free,<br>So I tried to get enough of it for me, and have enough left over to share Jesus with all I see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I started up to the counter<br>To pay my grocery bill,<br>For I thought I had everything<br>To do the MASTER\u2019S Will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I went up the aisle, I saw PRAYER:<br>And I just had to put that in,<br>For I knew when I stepped outside,<br>I would run into Sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PEACE AND JOY were plenty<br>They were last on the shelf.<br>SONG and PRAISE were hanging near,<br>So I just helped myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I said to the angel,<br>\u201cNow, how much do I owe?\u201d<br>He smiled and said,<br>\u201cJust take them everywhere you go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, I smiled and said,<br>\u201cHow much do I really owe?\u201d<br>He smiled again and said,<br>\u201cMY CHILD, JESUS PAID YOUR BILL<br>A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: Author Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God bless each of you,<br>Blessings, Love and Prayers,<br>Pastor Pat Aman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book \u00a9 1996\/2026 \u201cCoffee With Pat Daily Devotionals\u201d \u201cCoffee With A Little Spice Of Life\u201d and Westbow Press a division of \u00a9 Thomas Nelson and Library of Congress Control Number: 2018910976.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God bless each of you today. 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