This Is The Story Pt 1

Sitting in Church this past Sunday , I was pleasantly surprised by a package from Linda . Inside this package was a folded piece of paper and since I'm a very curious person , I opened it .

It was a story titled " The Grocery List " . There is a message within this story that everyone of us should read , but most of all , learn from it . So this is the story . . . .

A poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face , walked into a grocery store . She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries .

She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work , they had seven children and they needed food . The grocer , scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store at once .

Visualizing the family needs , she said : " Please , sir !I will bring you the money just as soon as I can . " He told her he could not give her the credit , since she did not have a charge account at his store .

Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two . The customer walked forward and told the grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family . The grocer said in a very reluctant voice , " Do you have a grocery list ? Put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs , I will give you that amount in groceries ."

The woman hesitated with a bowed head , then she reached into her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it . She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed .

The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down . The customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales . The scale did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales would hold no more .

The grocer stood there in utter disgust , Finally , he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement . It was not a grocery list , it was a prayer , which said :
" Dear Lord , you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands ."

The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in stunned silence . She thanked him and left the store . The other customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said : " It was worth every penny of it .Only God knows how much a prayer weighs .

Part two tomorrow ! Have a Blessed day everyone .