Deck of Cards

[AngelBear]

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 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 for us.

[Navy6064]

I have always liked that there was a song about it years ago.

[Grimmy]

Amazing aint it? how far we as Americans go to not offend others and yet, how at the same time remain completly culturly insensitive, according to our detractors, anyway.