In an essay written for a college course, a female student attempted to prove through various examples that women who just stay at home are in most cases victims — victims of a conspiracy perpetrated by a male-dominated world that operates under a great delusion: That delusion being that women are too stupid to do anything but cook, clean and take care of their families. One of the examples she uses talks about the famous actress Lucille Ball, best known for her portrayal of the infamous Lucy Ricardo.

“Lucille Ball did pave the way for many female actresses in the entertainment business, but she also created the stereotype that women need to be perfect wives that stay home all day. Lucille Ball was even quoted once as saying, “Women’s lib? Oh I am afraid it doesn’t interest me one bit. I’ve been so liberated it hurts.” No doubt Lucille Ball had no idea that her acting would change this country and shape some of the basic ideals of women today. She was a young woman who was born to act; she played a character when she became Lucy Ricardo. Her hopes and dreams for the future were not to sit at home and discover recipes and dust every speck of the house. She was a woman who was capable of great things, just like every other woman.” (The Writer’s Way, Jack Rawlings, Stephen Metzger)

 What saddens me to the core is when women buy the lie that says; “If you do not have a paying job outside the home, or a career, you are not doing ‘great things.'” After all, can’t any monkey cook, clean and change diapers? Last time I checked, no, they cannot.  And pardon me, but isn’t investing your time, love and care into the life of another person, especially your own family, a “great thing”? God thinks so and I do too. Don’t believe the foolishness of a feminist world view that basically says “I am a woman but I also want to be a man.” You’ll waste your life trying to be something God never intended, miss what He did intend for you to be, and at best, end up with all the world has to offer only to discover it nothing at all. Much like Lucy and Desi, let me “splain”…

Their daughter aired part of a home video once that showed Lucy and Desi playing with their grandbabies in her swimming pool. They were laughing and getting along, having a wonderful time. The spotlight of Hollywood having long ago burned out, the emptiness found at the bottom of a liquor bottle long since revealed, their second marriages long gone. They found themselves, just grandmamma and grandpapa, right back where they started, together at home with their family.

 Their daughter summed it up best,
 “It’s sad that they wasted so much of life trying to find something they had all along…”

 “Look,” says the Teacher, “this is what I have discovered:
Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things-
 while I was still searching
but not finding-
I found one upright man among a thousand,
but not one upright woman among them all.
This only have I found:
God created mankind upright,
but they have gone in search of many schemes.”
Ecclesiastes 7:27-29 (NIV)

Dina Seaton
dseaton@americaskeswick.org
Dina has served on staff since the summer of 2002 in Marketing and Guest Services. Her first book will be in publication this spring – “Do It Again Lord, Do It Again!”