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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.

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 awfully 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....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... 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... 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. 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.

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.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father." Pass this on only if you mean it. I do Love God. He is my source of existence. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Phil 4:13
 

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