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From: Larry&Laura wright <>
Subject: [CRF] Sure does
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 03:14:32 -0700

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, of a night. 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 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?"

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, 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 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 took a big old
Bible
and sat down in front of him and she looked up at 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. He sat there and thought, "John 3:16. I don't
understand
it, but it but it sure makes a lost boy feel safe."

You know, I have to confess I don't understand it either, how God would
be
willing to send His Son to die for me, and how Jesus would agree to do
such
am thing. I don't understand it either, but it sure does make life
worth
living.
Received from George Watson. Author Unknown.

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