Learning a lesson from a pillar of salt

 

"Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens" Genesis 19:24.

"Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly" II Peter 2:6

According to the Bible : this evil community is set to be destroyed Abraham is told of its impending destruction and tried to reason with the Lord. He begs that if there were at least 50 righteous people there that it be spared. But there isn't 50 there is only Lot and his family. The city will be destroyed, annihilated. But there is one condition. Don't look back. There is temptation and it is too great. And Lot's wife looks. And she is turned into a pillar of salt.

I see so many similarities between that pillar of salt and I.I am stuck and hardened between where I never should have been and where I need to go. If only I could have the strength to let go and not look back I will be all right. I know its not good for me to linger and even if it isn't good for me, is good for some people, right? At least one person, right? Wrong. There is no good there. There is nothing to be redeemed. It must be destroyed.. And only if I leave and don't look back. Then at least I have saved myself.

Yet I can't help it. I take the first step away. And I am bombarded with the curiosity of what is happening, what can happen, what next. But its not good for me. Its all an illusion because the impending destruction is evident. I can save myself and hope there are others worth saving.
Because going down with Sodom and Gomorrah isn't worth it.