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On 10/31/08, Frances Vitulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HI Shary, this message is beautifull. I like this very much. Thanks > for sending this. > Original message: > >> Subject: Fw: John 3:16 > > > >> 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 3:16 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. > >> > -- > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
