Amos Stevens
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Subject: 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?"
> >
> >
> > 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?"
