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Talking to God with a Deck of Cards

A young soldier was alone in his bunkhouse one Sunday morning over in Afghanistan.
It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and landmines for some reason hadn't made a noise.
He knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week.
As he sat there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out acrosshis bunk.Just then an army sergeant came in and said,

"Why aren't you with the restof the platoon?"

The soldier replied, "I thought I would stay behind and spend some time withthe 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 Biblesor other spiritual books in this country, I've decided to talk to the Lordby 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 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The Five is for the five virgins, there were ten, but only five of themwere 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, his wife, their three sons and theirwives. God saved these eight people from the flood that destroyed the earthfor 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 ontablets made of stone.
The Jack is a reminder of Satan. One of God's first angels, but he gotkicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways and is now the joker ofeternal lake of fire.
The Queen stands for the bride of Christ, which is called His church, orbody of believers that wait for his return.
The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.
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 and after a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said,

"Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?"


"If My people, which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, andpray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hearfrom heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." IIChronicles 7:14



"Therefore my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always giveyourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your laborin Lord is not invain" - I Corinthians 15:58
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