"JOHN 3:16"
JAN.4.1998
NOVEMBER 2008
In the city of Chicago,
one cold,
dark night,
a blizzard was setting in.
A little boy was selling newspapers on
the corner,
the people were in and out of the cold.
The little boy was so cold
that he wasn't trying to sell many papers.
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He walked up to a policeman
and
said,
"Mister,
you wouldn't happen to know
where a poor boy could
find a warm place to sleep tonight would you?
You see,
I sleep in a box up around the corner there
and down the alley
and it's awful cold in there for tonight.
Sure would be
nice to have a warm place to stay."
The policeman
looked down at the little boy and said,
"You go down the street to that big white house
and
you knock on the door.
When they come out the door
you just say
John 3:16,
and they will let
you in."
So he did.
He walked up the steps
and knocked on the door,
and a lady answered.
He looked up and
said,
"John 3:16."
The lady said,
"Come on in, Son."
She took him in
and she sat him down
in a split bottom rocker
in front of
a
great big old fireplace,
and she went off.
The boy sat there for a while
and
thought to himself:
John 3:16....
boy
I don't understand it,
but it sure makes a
cold boy
warm.
Later she came back
and asked him
"Are you hungry?"
He said,
"Well,
just a little.
I haven't eaten in a couple of days,
and I guess I could
stand a little bit of food."
The lady took him in the kitchen
and sat him down to a
table full of wonderful food.
He ate and ate until
he couldn't eat any more.
Then he thought to himself:
John 3:16...
Boy,
I sure don't understand it
but it sure makes
a hungry boy
full.
She took him upstairs to a bathroom
to a huge bathtub
filled with warm water,
and he sat there
and soaked for a while.
As he
soaked,
he thought to himself:
John 3:16...
boy
I sure don't understand it,
but it sure makes a dirty boy clean.
You know,
I've not had a bath,
a real bath,
in my
whole life.
The only bath I ever had was
when I stood in front
of that big old
fire hydrant
as they flushed it out.
The lady came in and got him.
She took him to a room,
tucked him into a big old feather bed,
pulled the covers up around his neck,
kissed him goodnight
and turned out the lights.
As he lay in the darkness
and looked out the window
at the snow coming
down on that cold night,
he thought to himself:
John 3:16...
boy
I don't understand it
but it sure makes
a tired boy
rested
.
The next morning the lady came back up
and took him down again to
that same big table full of food.
After he ate,
she took him back to that
same big old split bottom rocker
in front of the fireplace
and picked up a big old
Bible.
She sat down in front of him
and looked into his young face.
"Do you understand
John 3:16?"
she asked gently.
He replied,
"No,
Ma'am, I don't.
The first time I ever heard it
was last night
when the policeman
told me to use it.
"She opened the Bible to
John 3:16
and began to explain to him about
Jesus.
He sat there and thought:
John 3:16. ....
boy
I don't understand it,
but it sure makes a
lost boy
feel safe.
You know,
I have to confess
I
don't understand it either,
how
God
was willing to send His Son to die for me,
and how
Jesus
would agree to do such a thing.
I don't understand the agony of the
Father
and every
angel
in heaven
as they watched
Jesus
suffer and die.
I don't understand
the intense
love for ME
that kept
Jesus
on the cross till the end.
I don't understand it,
but it
sure does
make life
worth living.,
Author
Unknown
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is my source of existence and Savior.
He
keeps me functioning
each and every day.
Without
Him,
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Without
Him,
But with
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through Christ that strengthens me.
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