EXPERIENCE WITH GEN & BABY!--The Gen Story, Part 6       DO 1443  4/75

         1. We just told Lydia to go marching off with Eman to work, seemingly to work, with the full knowledge & within the eyesight of dear Gen, to see what effect this would have on the baby, to try to see if, according to her spirit, what happens, & with orders to Jus that if anything DID happen to come get Eman right away. I wanted to see if SHE got upset, the BABY would be upset. But she apparently figured he had to do something & she got along fairly well most of the afternoon, except they said the baby was fussy. But then when he stayed overtime--longer than she apparently felt he should stay--the baby began having fits again! But as soon as he got home, everything was fine again. It's really a pitiful case!
         2. Well, Beloved, I believe God, that's all I know! When God gave me the answer, that's it, whether anybody else wants to believe it or not! Apparently in her heart, no matter what she tries to pretend, she is a perverse & rebellious woman! And when Lydia announced that Eman was leaving to go to work on orders from me, what did you say she looked like, Lydia? (Lydia: That real funny stare comes just like, "Oh no!" She began to object that the baby might have a bowel movement & that's when the baby started having fits yesterday. In other words, "Don't go, the baby's going to have a fit!"--Like threatening & doubting.) Pitiful, it's really pitiful! Poor baby!
         3. Well, if we let it go on at this rate, she'd be running the Home & getting things her way & whatever she wanted! Once the Lord's given the answer, which we got yesterday morning, that's what it will have to be. But we've all learned a lot of good lessons, haven't we?
         4. We'll see how things go tomorrow without you & your influence. We've never tried this test on a case like this where a baby was affected, in other words, where a third party, you might say, was affected. But we've tested this out on adults who had this problem to see if when things didn't just go their way, if they would then throw their fits, etc., & it almost always worked. Whenever they were not placated & pacified & humored & babied & pampered, when things didn't go just the way they wanted it, then they'd have their spells or their fits! Well, when a third party is concerned--in other words not only the Enemy in the first subject, but the second subject, that little baby who can't pretend or normally wouldn't do such a thing at his age--then you know it's something very serious spiritually!
         5. With these other subjects we've had experience dealing with before, they never want to cause quite enough trouble to really totally lose their happy home unless they're pretty well fed-up & they really want to backslide & go home & forget it all! They usually want to be just barely good enough to be able to stick around & cause trouble, not quite bad enough to get thrown out! In other words, if she can kind of keep control of the situation now & get things her way & get a lot of attention, that's what she's after, so therefore she wouldn't mind staying.
         6. And of course Jus is paying for his neglect! He didn't give them the attention they needed before, so now he & the others are having to give them nearly ALL their attention! Things have a way of working that way--we reap what we sow.
         7. She's right when she said she wouldn't be here except for the fact that she's Eman's wife, that's the truth! Because she had no particular talent that we knew of at all that we needed here, except we had hoped that she would turn out to be the housekeeper & the baby-minder, because everybody else had jobs. Instead of that, everybody else is now having to do the housekeeping & the baby minding while she's doing pretty good! So instead of her being a HELP, she's turned out to be a real HINDRANCE, and we can't have all these shenanigans delaying the Work of the Lord! It's absorbed too much of our time already.
         8. Will you all please keep a very close eye on Gen? We were amazed that you're letting her go out shopping alone, because this has always been strictly against the rules, particularly with weaker brethren or sisters or problem cases. She must never be left alone at any time from now on till this problem is solved.
         9. Gen does not seem to be responding to the Lord's answer by really desperately wanting to be delivered, & those who have been down there don't seem to think she's had any great change of heart. She still seems to be defending herself & trying to impress upon them that the whole affair is due to natural causes & that she & her past have nothing to do with it. As long as she takes this attitude it will be impossible for her to get the victory over the Enemy.
         10. Only an honest confession of the truth & acknowledgement of the danger & a genuine desire to be fully delivered, a true breaking & humbling & a desperate crying out to the Lord for help is the solution in such cases, & from what we've heard, she doesn't seem to realise the seriousness of this. If her spiritual condition is as bad as the Lord has indicated, unless she has a very genuine change of heart, she poses a very definite potential threat to the work here in her present state of mind & heart & the condition of the child.
         11. It would do no good to merely send her & her husband & baby back, because in her present state she could very easily say where she's been & what she's been doing & who with, & this could totally blow our cover & security & we would all have to move anyhow. So as far as we can see, unless she gets the victory & is delivered, that's what we're ALL going to have to do anyhow--move out entirely!
         12. It has surely taught us a lesson we shall never forget, & that is to mind the checks of the Lord & not accept other people's word & references as we did in her case. It has also taught me a lesson I think I shall never forget, to never again jeopardise our security in the same way by working so closely with a team that we're not absolutely sure of every single member & their total devotion & loyalty. This is another case where mate-covering-for-mate was reluctant to expose the true attitude & spiritual condition of another member of the team, even though they were already aware of it.
         13. It has therefore resulted in a very serious problem that has endangered the whole work, so much so that unless her condition & the condition of the child should show a drastic change for the better very soon, we're going to have to make some major changes, to our great regret. Only a direct miracle of God in her heart & the condition of the baby could save the situation now. God help us!--Love, Dad.


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