“Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne
to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of
the country,, saw her, he took her and lay with her
and violated her.”
Genesis 34:1,2
So we see that Jacob’s daughter went out into the world to hang out with the daughters of the world. She was feeling the pressure to be apart of, to be worldly. How often do our children ask or even demand in some cases to be like the other kids (the world). In an effort to be our children’s friend instead of their parents we compromise, only to let drugs, alcohol, and fornication enter into their lives. I am writing about this in the women’s chapter, because most women know how often in the course of following the crowd they are placed in situations where men then take advantage of them. Many of our young women have lost their purity in such situations, secretly and quietly they suffer. We should be outraged, but we are not. You mothers know from your own experiences that these things take place and instead of preparing your daughters for these situations most of you carry on in silence out of your own shame or fear.
When I was in college, there were a number of young women that had the awful experience of “date rape”. For those unfamiliar with the practice it is where a young woman may agree to go out with a young man, an acquaintance, who during the course of the evening will violate the young woman. Many times out of embarrassment and shame these young women will not report the incident. For many there is a feeling of guilt for being in the position for this to have happened. It is reported that many of our young women have lost their purity in such circumstances. There is also the “peer pressure” of trying to fit in with drugs and alcohol, where the outcome is being violated by some sexual predator. We should be doing a better job of protecting our young women. Of course, this would begin with having a godly man in their lives from the beginning. Mothers you must do a better job of preparing your daughters and begin to emphasize purity and abstinence. Because the mother and daughter relationship is special it should begin with the mothers promoting a new attitude for their daughters and that begins with changing your own behavior.
Let me state for the record that I do not in any way, shape, or form condone the raping of women under any circumstances. In my opinion, a woman should be able to walk down the street naked without being accosted. A woman has the right to say no, even if she has gotten completely naked, no means no period. With that being said, the truth of the matter is that not every man shares my opinion on this matter. So in order to be safe, women do not continue to put yourselves in those dangerous situations. Let us begin to teach our daughters the dangers of worldliness. There is danger in wanting to be like the world. In our scripture, because Jacob was fooled by his material success he thought that the spiritual was being taken care of and it was not. In his desire for success, his daughter was lost to the desires of the world. The ruler of this world having been cast out of heaven has come with great anger for he knows that his time is short.[1] Therefore woe to those who seek out the world and it’s values. They will be sadly disappointed with what they receive. Our ruler has told us to love not the world or the things of the world.[2] However, how closely do we follow this teaching? From the scripture we see the dangers when we seek the world more than we seek our God. It is time for the women in our community and in our nation to break the silence and speak out against this epidemic. Our children must know the problems and dangers that are lurking out in the world.
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