Hello Friends,

The following piece, which really moves me, I received from one of the most special people in my life, my beloved cousin, Peedee. 

Read, Believe, and Enjoy,

Mark 

A Very Special Grocery List

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 gently explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work; and 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.”

The grocer 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, a Good Samaritan, who overheard the conversation between the two.

The Good Samaritan 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?”

The poorly dressed lady replied, “Yes, Sir.”

“Ok,” he said, “put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount in groceries.”

The poorly dressed lady hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then, reached into her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it.

With her head still bowed, she carefully placed the piece of paper onto the scale.

The eyes of both the grocer and the Good Samaritan showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down.

The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the Good Samaritan and said begrudgingly, “I can’t believe it!”

The Good Samaritan 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 great amazement.

It was not a grocery list but rather 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.

The poorly dressed lady thanked him and left the store.

The other customer, the Good Samaritan, 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.”