H'shem will only put into action what you put into motion

What if your family's deepest shame was actually H'shem setting up your greatest blessing?

We're taught that when you witness something, when you're affected by an event, it's because you have a connection to it. Something in you needs tikkun.

In the story of Shechem and Dina, everyone was affected. Each one had their own spiritual work to do.

But here's what we don't talk about:

Who came from that tragedy?

Asnat.

The family couldn't keep her. She was sent to Egypt, found by Potiphar, raised by his wife Zuleikha.

When Zuleikha saw in the stars that her household would connect with Yosef, she thought it meant her.

It didn't. It meant Asnat.

Asnat - the first bat Yisroel taken hostage. Not just raised among goyim, but born from that union.

How could anything good come from this?

But Asnat became the mother of Menashe and Ephraim. Two shevatim.

The shevatim had to come from Yaakov. H'shem orchestrated that Yaakov and Leah's granddaughter would be in Egypt, positioned exactly where she needed to be.

Asnat wasn't a mistake. She was a piece of the greater picture.

But here's what matters most:

H'shem will only put into action what you put into motion.

Yosef had to reach the breaking point. He had to almost succumb to Zuleikha's advances - and then run. He knew there would be consequences. He could have been killed.

But he chose right. And the plan H'shem set in motion could unfold.

The lesson?

Your worst moments aren't accidents. They're H'shem positioning you for transformation.

Family secrets can destroy - the shame, the pain, the hiding. But when you know H'shem is behind you? You walk through it without being crushed.

H'shem orchestrates the pieces. But you have to show up. You have to make the hard choice.

Never underestimate how H'shem is running your life. And never underestimate the mesiras nefesh you'll need to win your golden prize.