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"John 3:16"
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,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
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
~Author Unknown
John 3:16
For God so loved the world
That he gave his one and only son
That whoever belives in him
Shall not perish, but have eternal life
As quoted in the NIV Version
Of the Holy Bible
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