Thread: Deck of Cards

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 Marine 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 his sergeant came in and said, 'Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?'

The Marine replied, 'I thought I wouldstay behind and spend some time with the Lord'

The sergeant said, 'Looks to me like you're going to play cards.'

The Marine 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 r epresents the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.

The Four stands for the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

TheFive 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 wickedways 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, 'Marine, can I borrow that deck of cards?'

Please let this be a reminder and take time to pray for all of our Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Coast Guardmen who are being sent away, putting their lives on the line fighting for Freedom.

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.

I too pray for our soldiers (US and abroad) as my brother is in the US Army National Guard in Afghanistan and I worry about him daily.

God Bless the Soldiers,
DM


*PS, Permission to repost this elsewhere.

**According to the US Military my rank is now a Butter Stick, had to throw that in there.

According to the US Military my rank is now a Butter Stick, what is my rank called?

DM, Please send it to everyone... We all need to say our prayers for our soldiers..

Double reply here:

-Will do Sharon!

and

-Not sure what yours is called but my uncle retired from the military and still works military jobs. I remember him one day telling a few family members that some damn butter stick kept trying to pull rank (acting higher ranked then you are) on him as my uncle was not in uniform at the time. He then finished his story and everyone laughed and laughed however I was young yet and didnt catch the full meaning of the story as this was quite some years ago.

I went on for several years never forgetting that term and just last year I asked him if he remembered telling that story and he made it quite clear to me that if I had the time to hear stories of the military I better pull up a chair cause it could take a while. He didnt specifically address my question as to whether or not he remembered that particular story or not but he did tell me that a Second Lieutenant was termed a "butter stick"

Of course I am also assuming that before you use that term within the military you better be dang sure that the butter stick your addressing isnt a higher rank then you lol!

-DM

Excellent, Sharon .... thanks.

Thanks all..
DM, I have a site that we light candle for people for prayers, would you like one lit for your brothers safe return?