This was sent to me. I hope you enjoy it as I did.
Pastor Ed
--- "Elworth W. Hill" <elworth.hill@...> wrote:

> From: "Elworth W. Hill" <elworth.hill@...>
> To: "Edwin Hill" <ehillnewlife@...>,
> 	"Steve Chittum" <frontline@...>,
> 	<libt@...>
> Subject: 
> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:26:02 -0400
> 
> This was sent to me I hope you in enjoy it to.
>  
> In God We
> Trust
> This is so beautiful!
> John 3:16
> 
> 
> 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 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 -- 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 follow the 
> directions.
> Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be
> ashamed
> of you before my Father." Pass this on only if
> you mean it.
> I do Love God . He is my source of existence.. He
> keeps
> me functioning each and every day. Phil 4:13 If you
> love
> God and are not ashamed of all the marvelous things
> he
> has done for you, send this on.
> 
> Take 60 seconds & give this a shot!
> 
> Let's just see if Satan stops this one.
> 
> All you do is:
> 1) Simply say a small prayer for the person who sent
> you this,
> 
> "Father, God bless this person in whatever it is
> that You know
> he or she may be needing this
> day!"
> 
> 2) Then send it on to ten other people.
> Within hours ten people have prayed for you,
> and you caused a multitude of people to pray to God
> for
> other people. Then sit back and watch the power of
> God
> work in your life for doing the thing that you know
> He loves.
>  
> 


Ed Hill,Sr

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