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For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son to the world, to redeem mankind back unto himself. He so loved, which is a very strong powerful love, that can only come through the power of the holy spirit. God chose one of his older and experienced, chosen ones, to go after a much younger a
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Walking With Demons - Jane Dolynski
Walking With Demons
Copyright © 2021 by Jane Dolynski
ISBN-ePub: 978-1-64749-605-0
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Contents
WALKING WITH DEMONS
CANDLE EXPERIENCE
PHASE TWO OF THEIR TACTICS
PHASE THREE OF THEIR TACTICS
PHASE FOUR OF THEIR TACTICS
PHASE FIVE OF THEIR TACTICS
PHASE SIX SUPREME INTERVENTION
PHASE SEVEN HIT AND RUN CAR COLLISION
WALKING WITH DEMONS
THIS IS A TRUE STORY, AND ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND NOT MENTIONED. SO OFTEN WE SEE THE NEWS, AND WE HEAR ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO PEOPLE IN OUR DAILY LIFE, AND WE NEVER BELIEVE THINGS WOULD EVER HAPPEN TO YOU OR MYSELF. AS WE GET UP EVERY MORNING WE GO ABOUT OUR REGULAR ROUTINE IN LIFE. WE GO TO WORK, WE SEE THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY DAY FACING THE SAME DAY BY DAY PROBLEMS, NOT KNOWING OUR FUTURE, BUT, CONFRONTS US ON A DAY-BY-DAY ADVENTURE. THIS STORY IS ABOUT MYSELF, AND OTHERS WHO WERE INVOLVED, OR CAME INTO MY LIFE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. NOT KNOWING ONE DAY, I WOULD BE WALKING WITH DEMONS
.
MOST OF MY LIFE I WORKED IN A BIG MAJOR DEPARTMENT STORE. THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF OBSTACLES, FACING ME EACH AND EVERYDAY OF THE WORK WEEK. FIRST THING, EVERY MORNING, THE STORE OPENS, AND GUEST WHAT? NINE OUT OF TEN, THE FIRST CUSTOMER COMES TO YOU, AND SAY, I HAVE A RETURN
. AND YOU WANT TO SCREAM RIGHT THEN, AND THERE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO, SMILE
, AND SAY THANK YOU AT THE END OF THAT TRANSACTION, AND SOMETIMES KNOWING THAT ITEM HAD BEEN WORN, BUT HARD TO PROVE. IN MOST CASES THE OWNERS DON’T CARE IF IT HAS BEEN WORN OR NOT, THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP THE CUSTOMER HAPPY, SO THEY CAN COME BACK AND BUY AGAIN.
BEING IN SALES ON THE SELLING FLOOR, THE SALES PEOPLE ARE GIVEN A SALES QUOTA EACH AND EVERYDAY AND TO MAKE YPUR QUOTA CAN BE VERY HECTIC AND HARD TO GET. IN MOST CASES THE CLERKS ARE TAKING CUSTOMERS FROM EACH OTHER. AS I STOOD IN MY DEPARTMENT, IWATCHED TWO CLERKS VERBALLY FIGHT OVER A CUSTOMER. DOROTHY, SAID SHE HAD BEEN HELPING THE CUSTOMER, AND MEG SAID SHE HAD BEEN WAITING ON THE SAME CUSTOMER AS WELL ACTUALLY THAT SAME CUSTOMER, WENT FROM ONE CLERK TO THE OTHER CLERK, ASKING QUESTIONS, AND HAD BOTH CLERKS HELPING HER, BUT ONLY ONE CLERK CAN HAVE THE SELL. IN THIS CASE, ONE OF THE CLERKS HAVE TO BACK DOWN, BUT BOTH CLERKS NEED THE SELL. AND SO, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF INNER STRENGTH FROM ONE OF THE CLERKS AND SO DOROTHY BACKED DOWN, AND MEG TOOK THE SELL.
WORKING IN RETAIL CAN BE DANGEROUS., STRESSFUL, AND IF YOUR MONEY IS NOT HANDLED RIGHT, CAN ALSO KEEP YOU IN POVERTY. ONE DAY, AS I WAS STRAIGHTENING MERCHANDISE ON THE FLOOR, I RAN ACROSS, A BUNDLE OF CLOTHES, ALL PILED UP IN A CORNER, NEAR ONE OF THE EXITS, (DOORS). I KNEW RIGHT THEN, I HAD TO CALL SECURITY, THEY WOULD GIVE THE INSTRUCTIONS WHEATHER TO LET THE CLOTHES STAY IN THE CORNER, OR TO PUT THE CLOTHES UP, WHERE THEY BELONG. IN THIS CASE, I WAS TOLD TO LEAVE THE CLOTHES IN THE CORNER. NOW, SECURITY WANTED TO SIT AND WATCH FOR THE THIEF TO RETURN, AND PICK THEM UP AND RUN. THIS WAY THE THIEF OR THIEVES WOULD BE CAUGHT. SO OFTEN IT COULD BE AN INSIDE JOB, WITH HELP FROM AN EMPLOYEE, HELPING TO SET IT UP, OR SUPPLYING INFORMATION OF THE STORE. SO OFTEN PEOPLE LIKE THIS ARE CALLED, GANGS OR CLICKS
. CLICKS ON A JOB IS A DANGEROUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NOT A PART OF THE CLICK WORLD, THEN YOU ARE A THREAT TO THEM, AND THEY DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO HURT YOU ON YOUR JOB.
BY THE WAY, MY NAME IS MARIE. CLICKS, CAN BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE CONNECTED TOGETHER THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED A CHAIN OF DEMAND, OR THROUGH, WHAT WE CALL MEDIUMS, WHO GO ABOUT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IN MEDIUMS. IT IS REALLY A FORM OF MIND CONTROL. THIS IS WHERE SO MANY PLOTS, SCHEMES, STEALING, MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEX, DRUGS, YOU NAME IT THEY HAVE IT. A YOUNG MAN TOLD ME ONE DAY, IF YOU BELONG TO THE CLICK WORLD YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT, EVEN JOBS. YOU CANNOT TRUST NO ONE. IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN GOD AND YOU TRY TO WALK UPRIGHT AND YOU TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS IN LIFE, NINE OUT OF TEN, YOU WIND UP ALONE AND WITHOUT A LOT OF FRIENDS.
I WORKED WITH PEOPLE ON A JOB WHERE MOST OF THEM WERE NOTHING BUT THE CLICK WORLD, AND IT WAS HELL EVERYDAY. YES EVERYDAY, I WALKED WITH DEMONS
. MANY OF THE CUSTOMERS WERE FRIENDS OR INVOLVED WITH THE EMPLOYEES, THIS WAY THEY COULD HAVE YOU WRITTEN UP, ON THE JOB, SAYING YOU WERE NOT NICE, OR NOT FRIENDLY. THIS WAS A CONSTANT THREAT TO YOUR JOB, EACH AND EVERYDAY. IF YOU DID NOT BELONG TO THE CLICK WORLD IT IS HARD TO HOLD YOUR JOB. THE CLICK WORLD IS A DEMONIC FORCE OF PEOPLE CONTROLLED BY SEX, DRUGS, AND ALCOHOL. AFTER WORKING FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND LIVING IN AN APARTMENT, I DECIDED I WANTED TO HAVE MY OWN HOME. I WAS TIRED OF NOSEY LANDLORDS COMING INTO MY APARTMENT AND TAKING THINGS FROM ME WHILE I WOULD BE AT WORK. AT TIMES I WOULD NEVER KNOW WHEN THINGS WERE MISSING UNTIL I ACTUALLY NEEDED THEM.
AND SO, I REALIZED IT WAS TIME TO BUY MY OWN HOME AND NOT FOR JUST THAT REASON, BUT I KNEW I WAS GETTING OLDER AND SOME DAY I HOPED TO RETIRE AND SOME KIND OF PROPERTY INVESTMENT. I HAD BEEN MARRIED ONCE, AND WE HAD A SON, WHO HAS NOW STARTED HIS OWN FAMILY. MY HUSBAND AND I LATER DIVORCED, AFTER MANY YEARS OF MARRIAGE, AND DURING OUR MARRIAGE WE HAVE HAD TWO HOMES, AND SO I KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF OWNING PROPERTY. WHILE DRIVING DOWN ONE OF THE STREETS NOT FAR FROM WHERE I WAS LIVING, I NOTICED A NEW BUILDING WAS BUILDING BUILT, ON THE SAME LOT WHERE I HAD PURCHASED TWO OF MY CARS FROM. EACH TIME I PASSED BUY THIS PLACE, ON MY WAY TO VISIT MY SON AND HIS FAMILY, I WOULD NOTICE THIS NEW BUILDING BEING BUILT ON THE OLD CAR LOT, WHERE CARS USED TO BE SOLD.
I WORKED ONE FULL-TIME JOB, BUT I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND PART-TIME JOB, TO BE ABLE FINANCIALLY, TO QUALIFY TO PURCHASE A HOME. AFTER THE STORE WAS FINALLY COMPLETED, I NOTICED A NOW-HIRING NOTICE HAD BEEN PUT UP ON THE FRONT OF THE WINDOW. AND FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, I DID NOT STOP IN TO APPLY FOR A JOB. AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO THREE MONTHS AFTER THE STORE HAD OPENED, I FINALLY STOPPED MY CAR, PARKED ON THE PARKING LOT, WENT IN, AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE STORE MANAGER. I HAD A LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN GETTING PROPER HELP WITH THAT. SO, I ASKED AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE STORE MANAGER
, AND THE MAN I WAS ASKING, AT THE TIME, I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS THE ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER. FINALLY, HE SAID, HE IS AROUND IN THE OTHER ISLE, ON THE OTHER SODE. I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER FIND HIM, BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.
AFTER ALL OF THE FRUSTRATION, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE HE WAS, AND I ASKED IF HE WAS THE STORE MANAGER, AND HE SAID YES. I TOLD HIM I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR A PART-TIME JOB HERE AT YOUR STORE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION. AFTER GIVING ME THE APPLICATION, I DID NOT WASTE TIME FILLING IT OUT, AND RETURNED IT BACK TO HIM, AND HE SAID HE WOULD GET BACK TO ME. AFTER TWO DAYS, I CALLED HIM BACK, BECAUSE HE DID NOT CALL ME BACK. I ASKED TO SPEAK TO HIM, AND HE SAID, YES YOU ARE HIRED, AND WHEN COULD YOU COME IN? I DID NOT PROCRASTINATE OR WASTE ANY TIME, BECAUSE I NEEDED THE JOB. HE TOLD ME I COULD COME IN NEXT DAY, SO I COULD GET SIGNED IN AND GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURES OF BEING PROPERLY HIRED IN ON THE JOB.
WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES OPON HIM, I SAW A DIFFERENCE IN HIM AS FAR AS BEING A PERSON. THERE WAS AN ARRAY ABOUT HIM I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND, BUT I COULD FEEL SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM. JUST AS HE SAT NEXT TO ME SITTING AT THE COMPUTER TO SHOW ME HOW TO FILL OUT AND COMPLETE MY BEING HIRED IN THE COMPANY, AND PROCEDURES, I COULD FEEL HIS SPIRIT, AS THOUGH HE WAS INSIDE OF ME, OR A PART OF ME SOME HOW. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY HEART FELT SO STRONG TOWARDS HIM, AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BREATHE. MY BODY TEMPERATURE ROSE UP SO HIGH, AND MY HEAD BEGAN TO FEEL AS THOUGH IT WAS ON FIRE. I BEGAN TO FEEL EMBARASSED, BECAUSE I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HIM, AND YET I KNEW HE WAS AND IS MY PERFECT MATE. I ASKED MYSELF HOW IS IT SO POSSIBLE TO MEET A MAN, WORLDS APART, RACE APART, AGE APART, AND YET KNOWING THAT THIS IS MY PERFECT MATE? HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
I WAS SO HAPPY HE HIRED ME. EVERY DAY, WHEN I LEFT MY FULL-TME JOB, ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GO TO MY PART-TME JOB WHERE HE WAS, SO THAT I COULD SEE HIM AND BE WITH HIM, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE. EVERYDAY, I WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK FOR HIM, I WOULD ALWAYS PUT ON SOME OF THE BEST PERFUME, BECAUSE I WANTED HIM TO NOTICE ME. WHENEVER HE CAME NEAR ME TO TELL ME SOMETHING TO DO ON THE JOB, MY WHOLE BODY WOULD TURN INTO A FURNACE, FROM MY HEAD ALL THE WAY DOWN MY WHOLE BODY, I WOULD BE DRENCHED IN PURE SWEAT. IN MY MIND I WOULD BE PRAYING INSIDE, LORD HELP ME, AND KEEP ME COOL
, AND EACH TIME I WOULD GET HOTTER AND HOTTER.
HE WAS VERY NICE ABOUT IT ALL, HE ALWAYS KEPT TALKING TO ME, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF MY PERSPIRATION, AS IT WOULD GET WORST. AFTER HE WALKED AWAY, I BEGAN TO COOL DOWN. IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING FOR ME, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO, TO STOP IT. EACH TIME HE CAME NEAR ME IT WOULD START ALL OVER AGAIN. I KNEW I WAS TRULY IN LOVE WITH HIM, AND YET I KNEW THIS MAN WAS AND IS MY MATE. FOR YEARS, I HAD DONE WITHOUT A MAN IN MY LIFE, AFTER BEING DIVORCED OF FIFTEEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE. I DID NOT EVER WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER MAN IN MY LIFE, BECAUSE I NEVER WANTED TO BE HURT EVER AGAIN., AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS OF A BAD MARRIAGE. I MADE SURE, I NEVER GOT INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER MAN, I TRIED TO BE VERY CAREFUL. I WAS VERY AFRAID OF MY FEELINGS FOR THIS MAN, BECAUSE IT WAS UNCONTROLLABLE, VERY POWERFUL, AND STRONG. WHAT MADE ME EVEN MORE FEARFUL OF HIM, WAS BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN OUR AGES, OF ABOUT TWENTY-TWO YEARS (22). AND ABOVE ALL, RACE (COLOR).
YES, I WAS TRULY AFRAID OF THESE FACTORS, AT WHICH ONLY THE HEART HAD FULL CONTROL. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. I COULD NOT TELL ANYONE I WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM, BECAUSE I KNEW IT WOULD CAUSE ME A LOT OF TROUBLE ON AND OFF THE JOB. FINALLY, I BOUGHT A HOME, IT MEANT AN INVESTMENT, AND SO I MOVED INTO MY HOME, AND BEGAN TO DECORATE AND TO GET THINGS IN ORDER. MY SECOND PART-TIME JOB IS WHAT HELPED ME TO QUALIFY TO PURCHASE THIS HOME. NOW, HEAR I AM HELPLESSLY, IN LOVE WITH MY EMPLOYER, AND THINKING THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT. THEN, I BEGAN TO HEAR A LITTLE LIGHT SOUNDS ALL AROUND ME IN THE HOUSE. SOUNDS THAT CAME FROM ABOVE ME IN THE HOUSE, AND YET I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. I IGNORED THE SOUNDS, BECAUSE I HAD EXPERIENCED SIMILAR THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THE PAST, AND I WAS NOT GOING TO FALL FOR ANYTHING OR ANY ONE. EVERY DAY, L WOULD GET UP AND GET READY FOR WORK, AND GO TO MY REGULAR JOB (FULL-TIME), AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY BOSS FROM MY PART-TIME JOB WOULD CALL ME AT WORK, AND ASK ME IF I WOULD COME IN TO COVER FOR HIS STORE, WHICH GAVE ME EXTRA MONEY AND HOURS, AND I SAID YES.
IT WAS SO GOOD AND WONDERFUL TO HEAR HIS VOICE, IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD ALL OVER INSIDE MY BODY. BECAUSE NO MAN HAS EVER CALLED ME FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I FELT SPECIAL IN A WAY, WITH HIM, BECAUSE, HE ALWAYS CALLED ME WHENEVER HE WANTED HELP IN HIS STORE, AND HE KNEW I WOULD COME. BEING IN A NEWLY BOUGHT HOME, I MADE AN OFFICE FOR MYSELF TO FIGURE OUT MY BILLS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS, AND AS I SAT, IN MY CHAIR, I COULD FEEL A PRESENCE OVER MY HEAD.