John 3:16
In the city of Chicago, one cold, dark night, a blizzard was
setting in. A little boy was selling newspapers on the corner, while other
people were in and out of the cold. The little boy was so cold that he
wasn't trying to sell many papers. 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 at
night. It 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
open the door you just say 'John 3:16' and they will let you in."
So the boy walked up the steps to the door, and knocked on the door
and a lady answered. The little boy 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.
He sat there for a while, and thought to himself "John 3:16... I don't
understand it, but it sure makes a cold boy feel 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
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 I don't understand it, but it sure makes a hungry boy feel 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... I sure don't understand it, but it sure makes
a dirty boy feel 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, and took him to a room and tucked him
into a big old feather bed and pulled the covers up around his neck and
kissed him goodnight and turned out the lights. As he laid in the
darkness and looked out the window at the snow coming down on that cold
night he thought to himself, "John 3:16... I don't understand it, but
it sure makes a tired boy feel rested."
The next morning she 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 she got a big
old Bible and sat down in front of him and she looked up as she asked,
"Do you understand John 3:16?"
He said, "No, Ma'am, I don't. The first time I ever heard it was
last night when the policeman told me to say John 3:16."
She opened the Bible to John 3:16 , and she began to explain to him
about Jesus. Right there in front of that big old fireplace he gave his
heart and life to Jesus. He sat there and thought, "John 3:16, I don't
understand it, but it sure makes a lost boy feel safe."
The lady then said: "You know, I have to confess I don't I understand it either; how God
would be willing to send His own Son to die for you and me, and how Jesus would
agree to do such a thing. I don't understand it either, but it sure
does make life worth living."
Addendum -- John 3:16 (NLT) "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son,
so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life."
[ Author Unknown -- submitted by: Alfred H. Dill -- Ed:Anon. ]
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