Bible in the 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 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 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 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 wif e, 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.
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.
Eac h 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, "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.
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
Please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our
servicemen and women all around the world.
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 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 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 wif e, 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.
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.
Eac h 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, "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.
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
Please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our
servicemen and women all around the world.
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amen bull, amen[;)] 0 -
Red Sovine![;)] 0 -
Our boys were allowed to have Bibles in Iraq. Travis had his with him, and they also had chapel services on Sunday.
It is a good story though, and I first heard it, slightly differently, about a WWII soldier, and the artist was Tex Ritter, I do believe.
The sergeant had caught the soldier in a chapel service, laying his cards out, and took him to the provost marshal for disrespecting the church. It was before the provost marshal that the soldier explained his use of the deck of cards.0 -
Nunn is right. It was Tex Ritter. I remermber it well... 0 -
Tex Ritter originally recorded it. Also, believe it or not, Wink Martindale recorded it, and later, in 1991 it was recorded by Bill Anderson.
Snopes gives the original version and the later version.
Thanks---Peabo0 -
Thank you.
Doug0
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