Born In A Manger ~ Anchored In Him - Christmas 2002
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
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
never
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. John
3:16;
For God so loved the
world, that He gave His only
begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
everlasting
life.
If you aren't ashamed to
do this, please pass this page on
to someone.
Jesus said, "If you are
ashamed of Me, I will be ashamed
of you before my
Father." Please feel
free to pass this page along to a
friend if you
love God and are not ashamed of
all the marvelous things He has
done for
you.
Away In A Manger
Billy Gilman
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