John 3:16

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 Th e 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.

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 other people.
Within hours people have prayed for you, and you caused a multitude of
people to pray to God.

God grant me serenity,to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"