Sometimes we just want to give up...

Sometimes I feel like giving up, just throwing in the towel, When all I feel is pain and doubt, and start to wonder how I'll ever make it through the day, and through the long, dark night. But somehow, Lord, You come along, and make everything all right. No, you don't always remove the pain, but You give me strength to endure.

 When I feel Your presence near me, it makes me know for sure That no matter what may come my way, somehow we'll get through it. I just lean on You, and do my part, the only way I know to do it. If I'm grounded in Your Word, Lord, I can see how you've helped others: For Job, Paul, David and Noah are all my Christian brothers. Lord, You helped them out, when things looked bleak and dark. Somehow, they came out better, though they did bear the mark. The mark that You place on Your servants' hearts, to show we're Yours. Our having gotten through our trial, show Your strength endures. It gives us the chance to witness to those who would never hear The story of how You died for us, despite and sins and fear.

THE DECK OF CARDS BIBLE

T. Texas Tyler

A young soldier was in his bunkhouse all alone one Sunday morning.  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 asked, "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, 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 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

I urge you never to give up...but to stay strong and believe. God is not man that He would lie. He placed His Word above His Wonderful Name and all the promises in His word will come to pass. I am one of the living testimonies of the wonders of God. I trust in God. 

God bless you!!!