GROCERY LIST
Louise Redden, 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.
John Longhouse, 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."
John told her he could not give her 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?"
Louise replied, "Yes sir." "O.K" he said, "put your
grocery list on the
scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will
give you that amount
in groceries."
Louise, hesitated a moment 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 grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to
the customer and
said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it."
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.
Louise 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 howLouise Redden, 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.
John Longhouse, 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."
John told her he could not give her 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?"
Louise replied, "Yes sir." "O.K" he said, "put your
grocery list on the
scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will
give you that amount
in groceries."
Louise, hesitated a moment 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 grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to
the customer and
said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it."
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.
Louise 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 .
much a prayer
weighs."
