*John 3:16............. *
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  Friends, When I heard this story tears rolled out of my eyes, If you want
know what John 3:16 means, take time to read this true story and be blessed.
* *In the city of Chicago IL, one cold, dark night, a blizzard was setting
in. A little boy was selling newspapers on the corner, while other 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 at night. It 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 open the door you just say 'John 3:16' and
they will let you in." So the boy walked up the steps to the door, and
knocked on the door and a lady answered. The little boy 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 feel 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 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 I don't understand it, but it
sure makes a hungry boy feel 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 feel 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 feel 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 got a big old Bible
and sat down in front of him and she looked up as 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 say John 3:16." 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." The lady then said: "You know, I have to
confess I don't I understand it either; how God would be willing to send His
own Son to die for you and 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." *John
3:16 (NLT) "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that
everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life."*
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