Mene Mene

His mother's first daughter was a child 
straight from hell 
She was wicked and very selfish 
It was a trait she exhibited right from 
their childhood 
She had a domineering spirit and was 
very unforgiving 
Their mother tried her best to rein her in
 but the problem was inherited, it's
in the blood His father was the one 
with the toxic DNA 
Though his father was a very mild-tempered 
man 
His father's mother was a witch without wings 
She made life difficult for everybody and 
practically drove her husband into an early 
grave 
The whole family was afraid of her, that
was the person his sister took after in looks, 
words and deed 
If her sister gave someone her biscuit as a 
baby and the person made the mistake of 
eating it, she would scream until the person
 buys her a whole pack 
It was how she was 
As her sister grew up, she made life hell 
for all
She was brilliant and very determined 
academically but she was bossy and lazy 
with house chores 
She would come up with one excuse or 
the other in order not to do any house 
chore but she would put her younger 
ones to work mercilessly like a slave 
driver 
As she grew into a teenager their mother 
delegated duties to her that had to do 
with the welfare of her siblings 
Sometimes she would be required to 
make breakfast or lunch 
At such times she would rule with an iron fist 
She would declare that her younger ones 
must do all her house chores for her before 
she would cook 
If they protest, she would lock herself in 
her room and make them starve. 
Sometimes she would declare that unless 
her younger ones cry until tears came out 
of their eyes she wouldn't serve them 
their meal 
By the time she was an undergraduate, 
most of her younger ones had grown to 
loathe her 
When she started working, she only took
care of herself 
When their mother asked her to help out, 
she said she wasn't the one that told 
parents to have six children "Didn't you 
guys count the cost? 
Why should i bear a burden I didn't make? 
That was her mind
Whenever something got spoilt and needed 
repairs in her father's house, she would 
ignore it if her parents asked her for help 
In any way, she would ask for the cost and 
divide it into six places. 
Then she would demand that the cost be 
deducted from the pocket money of her 
siblings
(Who were still in school at the time) be 
sent to her. 
She would add the same amount and then 
supervise the execution of the project 
If her parents offered to help any of her 
siblings in any way, and she knew about it, 
she would stop the project and keep the 
money as punishment
On her wedding day, everybody was glad 
to see her go 
Her siblings especially rejoiced that her 
chokehold over them would wane 
Two years after she got married 
Her husband who was an engineer with a 
multinational company was transferred 
to Germany and she relocated with him, 
she was pregnant at the time 
As soon as she delivered her baby, she 
sent for their mother to help her nurse 
the baby 
Her siblings expected their mother to 
spend a maximum of six months but their 
mother stayed perpetually in Germany 
At first, their sister said she was working 
on fast track citizenship through her 
husband's company for their mother 
but she later changed the tone to Mummy's 
passport is lost is we are trying to get a 
replacement 
Their mother nursed the baby for two years 
until their sister delivered a second child 
Their father tried to visit but he was not 
granted visa 
It became a big issue in the family 
Their father accused their mother of 
abandoning him while their mother accused 
their father of impatience 
Still, all their sister offered were excuses 
and lies 
Eventually, after two years and eight months, 
their mother found her passport in the safe 
of their sister 
Their sister opened the safe to pick a document 
and forgot to close it. 
Their mother saw the safe opened and 
curiously checked the content 
That was how she found her passport 
That night their mother called her first son 
in tears and narrated her ordeal in Germany 
Their mother said "Your sister treats me 
worse than a slave I cook the meal for her 
family and wash the plates while she 
sits down watching the TV 
I babysit her children and handle all her 
domestic chore 
All she does is dole out instructions and
claim she was saving money to get me 
a new passport and ticket to return home 
I try as much as possible not to report her 
to her husband because the marriage is 
on shaky grounds and I don't want to 
add any fuel to the fire 
Your sister is very mean to her own 
husband and children
Can you believe that she was the one that 
hid my passport? 
She had been lying to me all along while 
keeping me in perpetual servitude in her 
home 
Now that I have my passport, i want to get 
a ticket and leave 
I know she would do everything to keep 
me here for her own convenience
but enough is enough" 
Wow! 
The next day, he purchased a ticket for 
their mother 
Three weeks later their mother returned 
home without saying goodbye to his 
sister and her family 
Two weeks after their mother returned 
home, their sister arrived fuming and 
screaming 
She had been calling but all her siblings 
had decided not to pick her calls or speak 
to her after the tale of woe their mother 
returned with 
They were all waiting for her in their parent's 
home that fateful morning 
She had called two days before to announce 
her arrival to one of her uncles 
She came fuming 
How could her mother leave such a bad 
impression with her husband? 
How could her mother leave her stranded? 
At least if she knew her mother was leaving 
she would have made plans? 
What was it her mother left behind that was 
so important that she had to leave? 
She said a lot
Even their father, who would usually take their 
sister's side was shocked! 
He couldn't believe the missiles being 
launched by his first daughter 
To crown it all, their sister said 
"If my mother does not return to Germany 
with me, I will no longer support the family 
in anyway because the money 
I had been sending home to support our 
father and my siblings were the money I
saved because I wasn't paying 
for babysitting, a cook, a maid or steward, 
and other services our mother was 
rendering for me.
Deutschmark does not grow on trees" 
Of all the six children she was the most 
prosperous and she knew it 
It was a power-play 
Their mother had retired four years earlier 
while their father's business was not 
doing so well 
The second child, a female, was married 
to a police officer who was just moving 
gradually up the ranks. 
The third child, male, was a marketer for a
microfinance bank 
The fourth child was working in a bakery 
He was learning the business while working 
as a baker's assistant 
The fifth child was a salesgirl at a supermarket 
She was earning barely enough to meet 
her own needs while the last child was 
still a student 
They wanted to call their sister's bluff but 
none of them can guarantee that he or she 
would be able to meet the needs of their 
parents in such a manner that they would 
rubbish their sister's threat 
Their sister saw that she had won the battle, 
she told their mother they would be leaving for
Germany in two weeks 
She had made a diplomatic arrangement
through the embassy
She waltzed out of their father's house with
swagger
She had ruled over her subjects as usual
That night, her younger brother sent a mail
to the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt
He explained how things had always been
and how his sister, the first child had 
always behaved
He asked the brother in Jeans and T-shirt
one question
Can God bless me so that I will be able
to cater to my parents and break this
yoke of oppression off our necks?
The Brother in jeans and T-shirt told him
to get a Bible
He directed him to one of the Books
of the prophets
They read the scripture together
They also prayed in the spirit together
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt 
explained the spiritual implications to
him
He understood it
Then they agreed together with the
Holy Spirit for a Shift
...Mene Mene Tekel Upharshin...
Three days later, her sister's husband 
was transferred to Indonesia
Her sister had to depart for Germany
immediately to prepare her family for
the trip
The dark cloud she brought into the
family departed with her
Ten days after, the brother went to
a printing firm to persuade the MD
to do some business with the bank
he was working with
The MD took to him and offered him
a job at the branch of the office in
Port Harcourt
That was how his story changed
He started earning enough to cater
for their parents while keeping them
together as it should be
His breakthrough was contagious
The other siblings' fortunes also
changed
Within a year, the family was celebrating
success after success!

PS: They stopped depending on their
oldest sister
They were still a family and she was
still actively carried along in all their
activities
But the power of the whip had been 
rubbished
Her relevance waned and as a result
her tyrannical nature was contained!
This event happened in Lagos 2017

GSW's Notes: Once in a while I teach 
a spiritual secret
I usually don't so this in public because
of gleaners who doesn't want to know
the Lord but always desire to use spiritual
means to take advantage of others!
The riddle in this story can be unearthed
but only by a few who are led by the 
Holy Spirit
I was taught so many things by the
Holy Spirit
One of them was how to break the
rod of oppression
Hope you learned something