The Real Housewives of Orange Country are anything but real. They are a group of currently 5 women who live in Orange Country, California in exclusive gated communities. They are all very rich and really don’t do much during the day except for Vicki who owns her own real estate company. The cameras follow the woman around as they interact with each other, the salon, their kids, the nail salon, their husbands and the mall. They love their Botox and tanning salons. Beauty and money is the most important thing in their life right now.
The lifestyle they live and try to live is, bigger is better. They are all about is how much money my husband or man in my life make, so I can do whatever I want. They set up this standard for each other and each tries to top it just a little bit. For example, Gretchen has said before, “you need to shave EVERY day; they always need to be silky smooth”. The scary thing is people may watch not just for entertainment as I do, but they may begin to think this is the way we should really be. These are the things we should strive for, the gold of the empire. Some people call it keeping up with the Jones.
I am absolutely not saying that everyone shouldn’t be rich, but not once have I seen these women, at least on camera, given back to ANYBODY. Not in service, not in monetary gifts and definitely not in kindness. They say they are just honest woman and will call you out. Being honest is fine; but doing it to be rude and stick it to the other person is what they intend to do and cover it up by saying I was just being honest.
Jesus calls us to give to the poor, to speak kindly, to not put things of this world first. It doesn’t look like this show is getting those items across. Lynne says, “It’s not about how much money you have, it’s about how good you look spending it”. First of all, that totally contradicts itself, but more importantly, that is the idea of culture today. Maybe not to the drastic measures that these ladies make it out to be but the Kingdom is not on the pedestal, Lip plumper is.
Questions:
What can we do to make sure our earthly things are not becoming more important to us than our work for the Kingdom and God?
What example can we set to those who want to follow the RHOC?
Wow--it would drive me crazy to be part of any sub-culture so competitive as this one. Just think what could have been done just with the money that's gone into plastic surgery! Although it's interesting to think that even if our lives as women aren't as extreme as RHOC, we still tend to compete, especially in church. "What can I wear so that I draw attention, but don't look like I'm trying to?" for example--because looking like we're trying would be "inappropriate" in a house of worship, so we try to stay just under that line. Know what I mean?
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