The Amazing Deck of Cards
It was quiet that day, the guns and the
mortars, and land mines for some
reason hadn't been heard.
The young soldier knew it was Sunday.
As he was sitting there, he got out an
old deck of cards and laid them out
across his bunk.
Just then an army sergeant came in and
said, "Why aren't you with the rest of the
platoon?"
The soldier replied, "I thought I would
stay behind and spend some time with
the Lord."
The sergeant said, "Looks to me like
you're going to play cards."
The soldier sad, "No, sir. You see, since
we are not allowed to have Bibles or
other spiritual books in this country,
I've decided to talk to the Lord by
studying this deck of cards."
The sergeant asked in disbelief,
"How will you do that?"
"You see the Ace, Sergeant? It reminds
me that there is only one God.
The Two represents the two parts of the
Bible, Old and New Testaments.
The Three represents the Father, Son,
and the Holy Ghost.
The Four stands for the Four Gospels:
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The Five is for the five virgins there
were ten, but only five of them were
glorified.
The Six is for the six days it took God to
create the Heavens and Earth.
The Seven is for the day God rested
after making His Creation.
The Eight is for the family of Noah and
his wife, their three sons and their wives
- the eight people God spared from the
flood that destroyed the Earth.
The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus
cleansed of leprosy. He cleansed ten,
but nine never thanked Him.
The Ten represents the Ten
Commandments that God handed down
to Moses on tablets made of stone.
The Jack is a reminder of Satan, one of
God's first angels, but he got kicked out
of heaven for his sly and wicked ways
and is now the joker of eternal hell.
The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.
The King stands for Jesus, for he is the
King of all kings.
When I count the dots on all the cards, I
come up with 365 total, one for every
day of the year.
There are a total of 52 cards in a deck;
each is a week - 52 weeks in a year.
The four suits represent the four
seasons: Spring, summer, fall and winter.
Each suit has thirteen cards - there are
exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.
So when I want to talk to God and thank
Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards
and they remind me of all that I have to
be thankful for."
The sergeant just stood there. After a
minute, with tears in his eyes and pain
in his heart, he said, "Soldier, can I
borrow that deck of cards?"
Please let this be a reminder and take
time to pray for all of our soldiers who
are being sent away, putting their lives
on the line fighting.
Please keeps the wheel rolling. It will only take a few seconds of your time, but it'll be worth it to read on....
A Prayer for the Military.
Lord, hold our troops in your loving
hands.
Protect them.
Bless them and their families.
I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord
and Savior.
Amen.
When you read this, please stop for a
moment and say a prayer for our
servicemen and women all around the
world.
This can be very powerful.
Of all the gifts you could give a Soldier,
prayer is the very best one.
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