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?"


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 for us.


Send this on so that we can have a multitude praying for our
people and our country.

God Bless America

John Trevino