Have you ever attacked "Lillian Miller?"

Last night I watched one of my favorite episodes of Malcolm in the Middle. I don't know the official title, but I call it the "the Lillian Miller episode."

For those of you unfamiliar with the show, Lois is the mother of four boys, and in this episode she decides that she is needing to have some meaningful conversation with females. So she joins a ladies' book club.

Lois soon finds out that the women in the group don't actually read the book. They just need an excuse for a regular night away from their "mom duties." So they sit and share and vent and drink wine.

As they complain about the images they cannot live up to, they make a discovery. Society isn't their problem; their problem is Lillian Miller.

Lillian Miller baked 20 homemade cakes for the school bake sale.

Lillian Miller is never late for carpool.

Lillian Miller's family surprised her with a trip to Spain.

Lillian Miller is a size 2, her hair and makeup are always perfect, and she wears a silk blouse and pearls to bake homemade cookies that she places on pretty little doilies.

I wasn't liking her much either.

This group of moms, filled with a little too much wine, decide to go to Lillian Miller's house and try to disable her car so that she will "know what it feels like to be late" like the rest of them.

Yeah, it turned out to be a bad idea,

But we Christian women never do anything like this.

Or do we?

Have you ever been in one of those conversations that are preceded by "Bless her heart...?"

Have you ever discussed a "prayer request" that just happened to give shocking details about the life of a well-respected woman in your church or community?

Have you secretly celebrated over the misfortune of another woman that you felt was just too perfect?

What about secretly wanting to tear Proverbs 31 out of your Bible?

Maybe sometimes we are guilty of attacking Lillian Miller, when she just might be someone who needs our support and encouragement.

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