DECK OF CARDS

[buckee]

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, the

holiest day of the week. 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 said, "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 that 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 ****.

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:

, and.

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 for us.

Prayer for the Military

Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.

Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the selfless

acts they perform for us in our time of need.

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.

[Reloader]

Re: DECK OF CARDS

Amen!

good post!

[stevebeilgard]

Re: DECK OF CARDS

thanks