Sunday, December 20, 2015

The Soldier's Deck of Cards.

A Soldier's Deck of Cards

A young soldier was in his bunkhouse all alone one Sunday.
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?"

Author Unknown.

21 comments:

RichardC said...

Oh dear, you should really warn people before reading this shite that they need a bucket handy!

Unknown said...

I thought it was very interesting and true as far as I know! A bucket for what shite!

Sharon S said...

This was published as an old country song, years ago...I can't remember the artist that recorded it...but, it is beautiful

Unknown said...

After you finish can I borrow them. I read this many, many years ago and for some unknown reason I ran across it again. what a blessing, I am so thankful. I've lost so much and gained, so for this I'm truly blessed, my life has turned around and so happy for your blessings.

Anonymous said...

There is a song by Wink Matrindale along these lines.

Unknown said...

I never knew my deck of cards coulf mean so Mich.

Unknown said...

I never knew my deck of cards coulf mean so Mich.

Anonymous said...

Was recorded by Wink Martindale back in the year dot

Anonymous said...

It was Red Sovine who sang this song.

Anonymous said...

Yes it was Red Sovine that sang this song. Was sung while World War II was being fought.

Sangeeta said...

Amazing... But In the deck of cards, there is no mention of 'Joker' the most important card, that fits everywhere and fixes everything.

Unknown said...

I love this thank you GOD for woke in me up every day

Diane V said...

truly amazed never looked at a deck of cards this way before but now I will always

Sonnyimp said...

Sonny Imp said, It was T Texas Tyler who I believe originally recorded the song.

I had the 78 RPM record of it. I believe it was recorded in the late 1940s.

Anonymous said...

Author, T.taxas Tyler

Gerald said...

The song ''Deck of Cards was sung by the one and only Hank Williams Sr.

Anonymous said...

My mum loved this version

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Anonymous said...

Wink Martindale sang it...Bill Anderson sang it ....Red Sovine sang it .....Each one claimed to be "that soldier".....

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

so beautiful

Anonymous said...

My Lord Jesus is smiling on you , thank you for being obedient to the lord by sharing this