Dear Lord, you know my needs..........

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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.

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. "

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 how much a prayer weighs. "

~ " We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a

little of each other everywhere. " ~

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "