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Subject: [RecipesAndMore] DECK OF
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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 pla y 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 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.< /FONT>
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."
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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.
Please keep the wheel rolling. It will only
take a few seconds of your time, but it'll be worth it to read
on....
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.
LR FROM NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND
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