Regret for Our Past Decisions

[263 words] In the book of Genesis, we read the story of Lot, the nephew of Abraham. God commanded Abraham to take his family and move away from his home country to a new land. Abraham and his family and all their flocks made the migration to a land that was over-flowing with physical blessings. But Lot made one really bad decision. He chose to move close to the wicked city of Sodom. In fact, he ended up moving into that corrupt town (Genesis 13-14). God, in his wisdom, chose to destroy Sodom and the surrounding cities (Genesis 13:1-13). However, two angels warned Lot to flee. But Lot’s sons-in-law refused to leave the area. Even his own wife turned back to the Sodom and died. And, while his daughters lived, their morality had been corrupted by living in that evil city and committed great sin against the Lord (Genesis 19)….