The Real Housewives of the Bible

I must confess, I am a bit of a reality tv junkie! I find the whole housewives fame intriguing. The reality is they are famous because of their outlandish self absorption! Dr. Drew Pinsky and Dr. S. Mark Young recently published "The Mirror Effect". In it they said, "The phenomenon of reality TV has certainly democratized fame, but by normalizing narcissistic behaviors on public stage, it has also fueled narcissism among everyday people. Reality television has a great capacity for taking challenging, even tragic dysfunctions and making them see glamorous and even beneficial" (page 70).

A recent episode of one of the Housewives was no exception. One of the housewives has been "ruthless" in her pursuit of trying to bring vengeance on other housewives she perceives as her enemy. She has two daughters she shares all her drama with. Her daughters often just look at her with expressions that say "Here we go again". They try to communicate with their mother to not get involved, to stay away. But, the mother sees it as defending herself against wrong! My heart goes out to these two girls! Their mother appears to lack the ability to think beyond herself, even though she will profess to no end that she is thinking of them. Protecting them. Teaching them to stand up for themselves. The reality is, when a person is a Wolf...they will rationalize away all their behavior as necessary and as a response to someone else's behavior.

This got me to thinking...what lessons would be learned if one reviewed "Housewives of the Bible". Hey the Bible has some serious Narcissistic stories! So, I decided to pick a cast of women for my new series, "The Real Housewives of the Bible". I want to spend the next several blogs exploring what lessons we can learn from these famous housewives.

Meet your cast of Season I...The Real Housewives of the Bible:

The most famous housewife of self absorbed behavior would have to go to Jezebel. She was a Queen of Isreal and was infamous for being self-centered and bringing vengeance on anyone who threatened to call her behavior on the carpet.

I also think I would ask Abigail to be on my "Housewives of the Bible". She was married to Nabal, a controlling Wolf, who was so stubborn that he put the lives of his family and servants at risk by refusing to pay David for his protection services rendered.

Now Eve, she would be an interesting housewife. The first women ever to have to design clothing out of a green products! Now there is a challenge of "Project Runway". But, I digress. Eve has a lot of responsibility for introducing the whole idea of self-absorption into the world and was great at redirecting blame.

No series on "The Real Housewives of the Bible" would be complete without Queen Esther. She had to die to her self and think of a whole nation as the wolfish Haman plotted to kill her people. She also had to be wise in approaching her husband without his request, as it could bring her instant death.

Just for some female relational drama, I think I need to add a mother/daughter-in-law combo. My choice is Naomi, the whiny, whoops, I mean grieving mother-in-law and Ruth, co-dependent, whoops again, I mean loyal daughter-in-law. Naomi had a great life and then it all crumbled when her husband and sons died.

Sisters, we need sisters, can I find a married pair? Ah, yes! Rachel and Leah, married to the same man. A constant rival over children. Murder. Deception. Jealousy. It doesn't stop there, Rachel makes her maid servant sleep with Jacob to bear her a child. And, then changes her mind and fires the maid servant.

Finally, no story on "The Real Housewives of the Bible" would be complete without Jesus's mother, Mary! She also complete surrendered her self, amidst the scandal of being pregnant and not married. She professed that it was an immaculant conception and she was bearing God's son. Really, can drama and misperception get anymore intriguing than that?

Seriously, could Hollywood have even come up with this cast of characters? So are you intrigued? I am! Pass the word along and join me as we enter the world of "The Real Housewives of the Bible", Series I.

"The Real Housewives of the Bible" Credits: To give credit where credit is due...the producer, director, and screen writer; God!