The Deck Of Cards

[azsnowman]

I received this VERY inspirational email from our dear friend David (vbhoutex)......as always, "Thanks David!"

A deck of cards"

A young soldier was in his bunkhouse all alone one Sunday morning over in
Afghanistan. It was quiet that day, the guns and 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 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 represents 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 and after a minute, with tears in his eyes
and
pain in his heart, he said, "Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?"

--Originator Unknown

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.

Dennis