Best part about the B90X (Bible in 90 days) that Marcus and I are doing now? The Bible stories that we’ve never heard before. Favorite so far? The rape of Dina in Genesis 34.
Dinah was a daughter of Jacob. She was raped by a foreign prince named Shechem. Jacob heard about it, but couldn’t do anything because his sons were gone. When they got back, however, he told his sons. They then proceeded to slaughter every man in the city of Shechem.
One of the important elements was Jacob knowing his limitations. Verse 5 says “Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.” He couldn’t defend his daughter’s honour on his own, but he had the patience to wait until he had the backup.
Don’t have a raped sister you need to protect? Neither do I. But I think we can learn to wait on some things until the right time. For me, this means holding off on doing some creative ideas until I have the skill, or can work with others that do, to make the project the best that it can be. Will I ever scale back from pushing my limits? No. Do I know just how far I can push without going too far? Well, I’m still working on that one.
