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 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, chucked 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 little 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....

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