Jesus Loves You

THE FOLLOWING IS A TRUE STORY----
Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning
service at their church, the
Pastor and his eleven year old son would go
 out into their town and hand out
 Gospel Tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon,
 as it came time for the
 Pastor and his son to go to the streets with
 their tracts, it was very cold
outside as well as pouring down rain.  The boy
 bundled up in his warmest and
driest clothes and said---"OK dad, I'm ready."
 His Pastor dad asked---"Ready for what ? "
 "Dad, it's time we gather our
 tracts together and go out." Dad responds---"Son,
it's very cold outside and it's pouring
down rain."  The boy gives his dad a surprised
 look, asking---"But dad, aren't People
 still going to Hell, even though it's raining ? "
  Dad answers---"Son, I am
 not going out in this weather."  Despondently the
 boy asks---"Dad, can  I go--Please ? "
 His father hesitated for a moment then
 said---"Son, you can go. Here's the tracts;
 be careful son."  " Thanks Dad!!! " And with that
 he was off and out into the rain.
This eleven year old boy walked the streets
 of  the town going door to door
 and handing everybody he met in the street a
 Gospel Tract.
After 2 hours of walking in the rain he was
 soaking bone chilled wet and
down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a
 corner and looked for someone
 to hand a tract to but the streets were totally
deserted. Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up
 the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell.
 He rang the bell--but nobody answered. He
rang it again and again but still no one
 answered. He waited but still no answer.
 Finally this eleven year old trooper turned
 to leave but something stopped him. Again, he
 turned to the door and rang the bell
 and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He
 waited, something holding him there
 on the front porch. He rang again, and this
 time the door slowly opened.
 Standing in the doorway was a very sad looking
 elderly lady. She softly asked--
 " What can I do for you son ? "  With radiant
 eyes and a Smile that lit up her world
 this little boy said---"Mam, I'm sorry if I
disturbed you, but I just want
 to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU, and I came to
 give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about
JESUS and
 His great LOVE." With that he
 handed her his last tract, and turned to leave.
 She called to him as he
 departed---"Thank you son ! And God Bless You ! "
 Well, the following Sunday Morning in Church,
 Pastor Dad was in the Pulpit
and as the service began he asked---" Does
 anybody have a testimony or want
 to say anything ? "
 Slowly, in the back row of the Church, an
 elderly lady stood to her feet.
 As she began to speak a look of glorious radiance
 came from her face as she
 said-- "None of you in this church know me.
 I've never been here before. You
see, before last Sunday I was not a Christian. My
 husband has passed on,
 some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this
 world. Last Sunday, being a
 particularly cold and rainy day, It was even more
 so in my heart as I came
to the end of the line where I no longer had any
 hope or will to live. So I
 took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway
 into the attic of my home.
 I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the
 roof then stood on the chair
 and fastened the other end of the rope around my
  neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and
 brokenhearted, I was about
  to leap off when suddenly the loud ringing of my
 doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought--' I'll
 wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away.' I
 waited and waited--But the
 ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more
 insistent and then the person
 ringing also started knocking loudly. I thought
 to myself again---' Who on
 earth could this be ?! Nobody ever rings my bell
 or comes to see me." I
 loosened the rope from my neck and started for
  the front door, all the while
 the Bell rang louder and louder. When I opened
  the door and looked I could
 hardly believe my eyes for there on my front
  porch was the most radiant and
 Angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life.
  His SMILE, Oh, I could never
 describe it to you !!! And the Words that came
  from his mouth caused my
 Heart, that had long been dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE
 as he exclaimed with cherub
 like voice---' Mam, I just came to tell you that
 JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.'
  then he gave me this Gospel Tract that
  I now hold in my hand. As the
 little Angel disappeared back out, into the cold
  and rain, I closed my door
 and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract.
  Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and
  chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more.
 You see, I am now a Happy Child of
  the KING, and since the address of your
 Church was on the back of this Gospel Tract ,I
  have come here to personally
  say THANK YOU TO GOD'S LITTLE ANGEL WHO CAME
  JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME AND,
  BY SO DOING, SPARED MY SOUL FROM ETERNITY IN  HELL."
  There were now no dry eyes in the Church. And as
  Shouts of Praise, and Honor TO THE KING,
  resounded off the very rafters of the building,
  Pastor Dad descended
  from the pulpit to the front pew where the little
  Angel was seated; He took
  him in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.
  Probably no Church has had a more
  glorious moment. AND probably this Universe has
  never seen a Papa that was
  more filled with love & honor for his son---
  EXCEPT for one---this FATHER
  also allowed His Son to go out into a Cold & Dark
  World. He received His Son back
  with Joy unspeakable, and as all of Heaven
  Shouted Praises and Honor to THE
  KING, The FATHER sat HIS BELOVED SON on a
  Thrown far above all Principality and Power..
 ..and every name that is named....
  There may be SOMEONE, reading this, who is also
  going through a Dark, Cold,
  Lonely time in your soul. You may be a
  Christian, for we are not without
  problems, OR you may not yet Know THE KING.
  Whatever the case, and Whatever
  the problem or situation you find yourself in,
  and no matter how DARK it may
  seem, I want you to know that I just came to tell
  you---JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.

 

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