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 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
using this amazing 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.
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.
