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