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, 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 couldn’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….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.

Author Unknown

John 3:16
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.

17. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved.

18. He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he
that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God.

If you aren’t ashamed to do this, please
follow the directions.

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 and
Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day.
Without Him, I would be be nothing. Without Him, I am
nothing. But with Him I can do all things through
Christ that strengthens me. Phil 4:13
If you love God and are not ashamed of all the
marvelous things he has done for you, send this on.

Take 60 seconds & give this a shot! Let’s just see if
Satan stops this one.

All you do is -

1) simply say a small prayer for the person who sent
you this, (Father, God bless this person in whatever it is
that You know he or she may be needing this day!)

2)then send it on to five other people.
Within hours five people have prayed for you, and you
caused a multitude of people to pray to God for other
people. Then sit back and watch the power of God work in
your life for doing the thing that you know He loves.