I copied this off a message a dear sister sent to me. It really touched me.
It will only take 3 minutes! Just spend 3 less minutes talking or logging onto a popular website or watch less television! :D
It spoke to me, and I pray that it will speak to you as well.

> >GOD IS GOOD
> >
> >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 -- 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 woke up this morning
> > with more health than illness,
> > you are more blessed than the
> > million who won't survive the week.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you have never experienced
> > the danger of battle,
> > the loneliness of imprisonment,
> > the agony of torture or
> > the pangs of starvation,
> > you are ahead of 20 million people
> > around the
> > world.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you attend a church meeting
> > without fear of harassment,
> > arrest, torture, or death,
> > you are more blessed than almost
> > three billion people in the world.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you have food in your refrigerator,
> > clothes on your back,a roof over
> > your head and a place to sleep,
> > you are richer than 75% of this world.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you have money in the bank,
> > in your wallet, and spare change
> > in a dish someplace, you are among
> > the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If your parents are still married and
> >alive,
> > you are very rare,
> > especially in the United States.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you hold up your head with a smile
> > on your face and are truly thankful,
> > you are blessed because the majority can,
> > but most do not.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you can hold someone's hand, hug them
> > or even touch them on the shoulder,
> > you
> > are blessed because you can
> > offer God's healing touch.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you can read this message,
> > you are more blessed than over
> > two billion people in the world
> > that cannot read anything at all.
> >
> >
> > You are so blessed in ways
> > you may never even know.