KATE GOSSELIN: HOW SHE FOOLED THE WORLD - THE RISE AND FALL OF A REALITY TV QUEEN (10 page)

God is sending income her way through the filming of her family.

God provided the TV series and the money so Kate could stay home with the children until they go to kindergarten.

Kate doesn’t want to work and she feels God urging her to quit her job.

God asks Kate to do the things she does.

Kate prays to God to provide the necessary funds to continue their lifestyle.

Kate prays to God for advice on what they should do about redoing the girl’s bedroom.

Kate prays to God to work out a scholarship for the kids to a private school.

Kate prays to God for Jon’s complacency to leave him and for him to become a man of integrity.

Kate isn’t shocked about getting a second season of the TV show but amazed at God’s provisions and the way He decided to go about it.

Kate prays to God to send them the right house when He’s ready.

Kate began to doubt God because she hadn’t heard back about doing a TV commercial.

Free dentistry for eight kids was another miracle from the Lord.

The miracle of the week was that God made Tony from Alexia Foods call her and send her two cases of Julienne French fries and two cases of their crinkle fries.

Kate prayed to God about not having to go to work anymore. Just the thought was soooo amazing!

God sent Kate’s sister to them with 250 cans of organic tomatoes and organic butter and He had her load them in the garage.

Kate prays to God for nice weather on a specific day so it’s convenient for her. She asks for an exact temperature of 75 degrees.

Kate thanked God because the farmer is charging her half price for his strawberry seconds.

Kate begged the Lord to help her be a loving, caring and slow to anger mommy. She pleaded with Him to stop her from hurting her children and to be slow to anger. She asked God to help the kids
obey
her.

Wow. God helped Kate get Julienne fries, crinkle fries, organic tomatoes, organic butter, strawberries and 75-degree weather for filming! Helping her
be a “loving caring kind and slow to anger mommy” must still be a work in progress.

Kate wasn’t content to rely solely on her own personal prayers to accumulate a bounty of riches
, so she began soliciting money from churches around the country, and putting the word out that she and Jon were available to come and “share their unique story.” Kate was the one who did the soliciting; it was not the other way around as she tells it. She was the one with the plan, from the very beginning.

The following is text taken from one of Kate’s speaking engagement forms she used to
get churches and organizations to cough up money for her. It is custom-tailored to exploit her reputation as a good Christian mother.

Ours is a story that is encouraging to everyone who hears it! It is a story of God's hope, grace and love in a time when there was a lot of uncertainty, fear and doubt! Anyone who listens can apply these same lessons in their own lives!
 

We enjoy speaking but are still surprised at the demand! We know it is what God is asking of us!!!!
 

Many people wonder why we do the show. We like to travel and tell the story, our history to give a
background and answer the question: why we do what we do!

1. God is in control.

2. God is Gracious and Strong.

3. Trust in God.

4. God is love.

5. God will provide.

6. Give God the Glory and Praise.

Kate’s references to God also showed up frequently in her journal when she wrote in detail about her morning sickness and how it wasn’t fair that she should suffer more because she had already suffered enough trying to get pregnant. Here are more instances of Kate’s extensive writings on praying to God, realizing God’s intentions, and understanding God’s lessons in every part of her life.

Kate marveled at the grade of God who was preparing them for something that would test their strength, endurance, tenacity and sanity.

Kate prayed about not wanting to jump ahead of God in her quest for another baby.

God sent an angel to Kate in the form of her daughter to deliver a message of reassurance.

Kate felt the peace of God wash over her. She would be treading on holy ground and needed that peace to sustain her life as He walked her through the minefield of surprises that awaited.

Kate had more than mother’s intuition because she had already carried twins. She had “the voice of God.”

Even though science and humans had given their best efforts, Kate’s pregnancy rested in God’s hands.

God was succeeding in teaching Kate life lessons. He told Kate that He was in control of Kate’s children, not her. He loves them more than she does.

God was again teaching Kate lessons, this time that she needed to swallow her pride and ask for help.

Everyone around Kate felt the almighty hand of God working through her.

Kate was beaten, bedraggled and holding on by a thread, but because of God, she was adding life to the party.

Kate prayed to God to get her pregnant as she lay there looking at the ceiling.

God chose Kate to go on this journey.

God knew Kate’s children by name before Kate did.

God and a social worker allowed Kate and Jon to move into the Ronald McDonald House.

Kate was the planner but God handled all the details.

God spoke to Kate while she was drying her hair.

God put people and businesses in Kate’s path to remind her that he was still there. One was C.J. Pony Parts. They gave Kate and Jon gift cards to Target and Giant.

God sent more angels to Kate to show her His love.

God supplied Kate and Jon a new house.

Kate spoke to God often, questioning Him if He was sure about some of His decisions regarding her. She went through her list with God. Why did He only give her two hands and six babies? And the small house? Oh and Lord, Jon has no job. How will we provide for our children?

Kate knew that God would simply reach down, scoop her up and carry her. He’s gracious and strong.

God is not only persistent but also tireless. He literally begged Kate to write a check, get a family’s address and mail it to them immediately.

God taught Kate that she would never be able to out-give him.

God didn’t only allow things to happen to Kate, He actually hoped to accomplish things
through
her.

God decided that Kate, with her direct, blunt and even dangerous mouth should now bring glory to Him by having Kate stand up in front of people and spread His word.

No wonder the whole world is so screwed up. God is spending all of His time taking care of Kate Gosselin.

Since Kate’s writings featured God so heavily, it would be safe to assume that her personal website,
kateplusmy8.com
, which she launched in 2011, would be jam-packed with references and prayers to God, just like those writings in her journal entries above.

Well, y
ou know what they say about assuming. There is not one mention of God, or anything remotely associated with God or Kate’s belief in Him, on her website. The site has been up for close to two years, and there it is, right at the top: a tab called “Inspiration” where you would think she could post a biblical passage or two. But when you click on that tab, a page opens that says … “COMING SOON!” Below that, there is a picture of Kate and her children with country singer Taylor Swift.

Coming Soon!
could mean that the page hasn’t found a sponsor yet. Remember, Kate Gosselin only does things for money. Coming Soon! could also mean that she is just too lazy to look for inspirational sayings or bible verses because they are not important to her.

In case you haven’t looked, Kate’s website is loaded with everything that would interest a 13-year-old child, including many blog posts from Shoka the dog. Yes, you heard right. Kate
has taken time out of her extraordinarily busy days to ghostwrite blogs from her dog, about what he’s thinking and doing…and eating. Kate has written many entire blog entries from Shoka the dog, but she hasn’t taken a moment to post any inspirational bible passages. Not one.

This is in stark contrast to Kate’s original website,
sixgosselins.com
, which was up and running when she first started conning Christians out of their hard-earned money. This was on that site’s home page, front and center:

“For you created my inmost being;

You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Your works are wonderful,

I know that full and well.

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,

When I was woven together in the depths of the Earth.

Your eye saw my unformed body;

All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Psalm 1 39: 13-16”

All these years later, into March of 2013, this quote appeared on the Home page of
kateplusmy8.com
, the “Official site for all things Kate Gosselin & Kids”:

What’s meant to be will be. It is better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you’re not.

Don’t let what others think define who you are. Be bold and courageous, when you look

back on your life you will regret the things you didn’t do more than the things you did.

What appears to be the end is really a new beginning.

– Unknown

This is who she is today, according to her website:

News & Events

Ask Kate

Fitness

Fashion & Beauty

Just My 8 cents Worth

Lovable Products

Inspiration

Kate + Rumors

Words From Fans

Shoka Diaries

K8’s Kids

So where did Kate’s religion go? It’s a completely fair question, especially since as of March of 2013 she had the following quote prominently displayed on her Home page:

“
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”

– Ayn Rand via @ Share Awakening

Uh
, oh. Does Kate even know who Ayn Rand was? I’m guessing not, because if she had done even the tiniest bit of research before choosing one of Rand’s quotes for the front page of her website, she would have learned that Ayn Rand was an atheist who rejected all forms of faith and religion. It is inconceivable that this woman, who is supposedly so committed to God and religion, and who was so adamantly opposed to selective reduction, would
ever
choose to honor Rand by displaying her words on a website. These Frequently Asked Questions appear on the Ayn Rand Institute website:

What was Ayn Rand’s view on abortion?

Excerpt from “Of Living Death” in The Objectivist, October 1968:

“
An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn).

“Abortion is a moral right—which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her own body?”