My church has a Wednesday night Bible study, and we've been working our way through Genesis. As we worked through chapters 19-22, I noticed a few things I hadn't before. Lot and the little city: When Lot and his family left Sodom, they were told to "flee to the hills, or else you will be consumed (Genesis 19:17). However, Lot was too afraid to do so, and instead asked to flee to the little city of Zoar (verses 20-22). Then the fire and brimstone came down on Sodom and Gomorrah, and the narrative cuts back to Abraham watching the destruction from afar. When we cut back to Lot, we find out he "went up out of Zoar and settled in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar" (verse 30)! So what happened? In all my readings before this, I was so focused on what happened next that I missed this detail. This time, since we were reading it slower, it became more noticeable. In our discussion, we noted that Lot ended up where God had wanted him to b...
Reflections on modern life through the lens of Christianity. There will be different formats for different posts, but my prayer is that each one will be used by God to help someone else have hope.