| Posted on December 1, 2010 at 8:33 AM |
For the past couple years I had a client who I did some VA work for that was a handful, and that is putting it nicely. A few months ago I had the pleasure of terminating her contract with me due to finding a stable, full time client.
This woman, along with her husband, were pastors of their own church. They have 7 children. She and her husband are also full time real estate brokers/agents who have their own real estate company. Working for this woman was a very trying and testing situation! Daily emails on religion and if you did not do what you were told by her then you were going against God and would suffer in hell, that the devil had taken over your soul and that is why you were not responding to her emails at 2am when she wanted something. (At 2am there's an excellent chance you'll find me in my bed and not at my computer!)
I always felt sorry for her children. Every aspect of her life, all the possible issues, she made very public. She sent out daily email's to her followers. I am not a follower but she took it upon herself to include my email address. They have very beautiful girls who compete in beauty pagents all the time and win. The 2 oldest daughters are out of high school and are trying to make a life but their mom (and dad) have so much to say on this...
The oldest daughter and her boyfriend have been together for 2 or 3 years, live together against her parents wishes. Her dreams are to be a horse trainer and do something in photography. She is a truly gifted girl and is more than so many parents could ask for in a child.
The second oldest daughter graduated high school and received a full ride scholarship to attend college which meant moving into dorms. Again, a very beautiful and talented girl.
Their mother's daily emails would go on about how the devil has taken over her daughters and how they were such sinners and were going to hell. Pages and pages of preaching and prayer requests for her daughters. Over the course of the 2 or 3 years I had her as a client she progressively dove into her religious beliefs like wildfire! When her and her husband were not getting along we all knew about it, the emails would come flying out claiming he was possessed by the devil and was trying to kill her. That the fire of the lord was in her and you couldn't put it out, that every word she spoke was the word of God and if you went against her you were sinning against God himself.
All this time I kept my mouth shut about my beliefs and how incredibly insane she was starting to sound. I love the passion in which she lovers her God, but to start forcing it upon peope in such ways and to start claiming you yourself are God and to sin against you is a sin against God - very unhealthy. I have so many emails with such harsh words and accusations or preachings, I'm not sure what God is really that mean or hateful or rude, it would make your jaw drop if you read them no matter what religious belief you are of.
About 2 months ago I was told her business was failing and she was unable to pay bills. I was informed a few weeks ago that her husband left her. She openly called him out on Facebook stating that the devil has taken him over and wants bad things to happen to her now. Then yesterday I was told that she got to spend 5 days in jail. She found out that her oldest daughter is pregnant and went bonkers, must have been physical to spend 5 days in jail. No one would bail her out and now she has to take anger management classes.
I feel this is her God's way of trying to put her in her place a little. I don't think he is too happy that she has put her self on the same level as him, an equal. It's one thing to strive to be god-like but it's another thing to claim you are just as good as god. An example of The Law of Three at work? Karma at play?
Be In Your Brilliance!
Oshuyn
Categories: Everyday Thoughts & Happenings
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