Posted by In a city, one cold, dark night, a blizzard was setting in. A little boy was selling newspapers on a corner, people were hurrying about, hunched against the bitter, winter cold. The little boy was so cold that he couldn’t concentrate on selling his 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 down the alley there and it’s awful cold. 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 little boy walked up the steps to the door and knocked. A lady answered. He looked up at her 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.”
The lady came back and asked him “Are you hungry?”
He said, “Well, yes I am. I haven’t eaten in a couple of days and I sure 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. I still 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. 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 of 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 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.
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 a thing. I don’t understand it either, but it sure does make a hard life worth living.
在一個城市裡，那天晚上非常的寒冷，而且正下著大風雪。在一個角落裡，一個小男孩正在售賣報紙，在這嚴寒的天氣，人們都瑟縮著身體，匆忙的在趕路。因為天氣實在是太冷了，小男孩不能專注地賣報紙。
他走去問一位警察：「先生，你不會知道在這麼寒冷的天氣下，像我這麼窮困的一個小孩，如果沒有一個溫暖的地方渡過今天晚上，會有什麼事情發生。你知道嗎？我睡在那小巷中的一個箱子裡，那是非常的寒冷。如果能有一個溫暖的地方就好了。」
那警察低下頭來，然後對小男孩說：「你沿著這條街一直走到一間白色的大屋，然後敲門。當有人出來應門時，你只需說【約翰福音3章16節】，他們就會讓你進去。」
於是小男孩就走到這間白色大屋然後敲門。一位女士出來開門，小男孩就說：「約翰福音3章16節」。
這位女士說：「請進來吧，孩子。」
她帶小男孩進入屋裡面，在一個巨大的火爐前的一張搖椅坐下後就走開了。
小男孩坐著在想：「我不明白什麼是【約翰福音3章16節】，但肯定的是它能使一個寒冷的小孩得到溫暖。」
這位女士回來問道：「你餓不餓？」
小男孩說道：「是的，我已好幾天沒東西吃了，如果有些許的食物就太好了。」
女士帶他到廚房裡坐下來，桌上擺滿了美味的食品，他吃著吃著，直到不能再吃為止。
小男孩又對自己說：「我不明白什麼是【約翰福音3章16節】，但肯定的是它能使一個飢餓的小孩吃飽。」
等他吃飽後，女士帶小男孩上去樓上的浴室裡，在那巨大的浴缸裡，放滿了熱水，小男孩把身體浸在浴缸中。
此時，小男孩又在想：「我不明白什麼是【約翰福音3章16節】，但肯定的是它能使一個骯髒的小孩沖洗乾淨。我活了這麼久，從來沒有真正洗過一個澡。只有那次在消防水龍頭裡湧出來的水洗過一次。」
洗完之後，那位女士帶他進入一個房間，那裡有一張羽毛大床，她替小男孩蓋上被，吻他道別晚安後就把燈關了。
在這嚴寒的夜晚，小男孩在黑暗中躺著，望向窗外飄落的白雪，他又對自己說：「我不明白什麼是【約翰福音3章16節】，但肯定的是它能使一個疲倦的小孩得到安息。」
第二天醒來，那位女士把他帶到那張擺滿美味食物的大桌。當小男孩吃飽後，女士讓他坐在火爐前的搖椅，然後拿出一本很大的聖經，望著小男孩問道：「你明白【約翰福音3章16節】嗎？」
小男孩回答說：「我不明白。昨晚那位警察先生告訴我時，是我第一次聽到。」
女士打開聖經，翻到【約翰福音3章16節】，開始跟小男孩解說耶穌的事情。就在這個溫馨的火爐前，小男孩接受了耶穌，他願意全心獻上自己的身心。
他坐在那兒在想：「我不明白什麼是【約翰福音3章16節】，但肯定的是它能使一個迷失的小男孩感到安全。」
你知道嗎，我也不明白為何要懺悔，更不明白神為何要差遣祂的兒子耶穌來為我而死，而耶穌也竟然願意如此做。 但我知道一點，那就是肯定不管生活如何的艱難，也是值得活下去。
TCAG.