Monday, July 31, 2006
GROCERY LIST
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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 how much
a prayer weighs."
PRAYER
"Let me love you, my Lord and my God, and see myself as I really am —
a pilgrim in this world, a Christian called to respect and love all whose lives I touch, those in authority over me or those under my authority, my friends and my enemies. Help me to conquer anger with gentleness, greed by generosity, apathy by fervor. Help me to forget myself and reach out towards others." (Prayer attributed to Clement XI of Rome)
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