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SOMETHINGS THAT CARD SHARKS DO'NT KNOW ABOUT
A
Deck of Cards
A young soldier was in his bunkhouse all alone one Sunday morning over in IRAQ
It was
quiet that day, the guns a the mortars, and land
Mines for some reason hadn't made a noise. 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 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 that there is only one God."
The Two represents
the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments.
The Three represents the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
The Four stands for the Four Apostles: 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 working the six days.
The Eight is
for the family of Noah and his wife, their three sons and
their wives, in which God saved the eight people from
the flood that destroyed the earth for the first time.
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 K! ing 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 represents the four seasons:
Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Each suit has thirteen cards, there are week, 52 weeks in a
year. The four suits represents the four seasons:
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 and after a minute, with tears in his eye! s
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.
Send this on so that we can have a multitude
praying for our people and our country.
" God
Bless America! "
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