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.
The
bible verse is...
John
3:16
For
God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
