-----Original Message----- > 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, of a night. 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 to the door, 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. > > 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 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, 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 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 took a big old >Bible and sat down in front of him and she looked up at and 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 use it." > > 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." > > You know, I have to confess I don't understand it either, how God would >be willing to send His Son to die for 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. > >Author Unknown > >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. >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." Not ashamed Pass this on . . . only if you mean it. >Yes, I do love God. He is my source of existence and Savior. He keeps >me functioning each and everyday. Without Him, I will be nothing. >Without him, I am nothing but with Him I can do all things through >Christ that strengthens me. Phil 4:13 > > It's so simple. . .if you love God, and are not ashamed of all the >marvelous things he has done for you: send this on. > > May God bless you and may He always keep you in His awesome and amazing >grace. _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
