John3:16

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 to 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?"
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 of food. After he ate she took
him back to that same 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 him 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.