Lenten Meditation on Lot's Wife: Did the Punishment Fit?
A point of view...(fictional, interpretive, instructional) Yes, I know God told us not to look back. Actually, it was the angels who led us away who told us not to look back. I didn't really look back. I just peeked, just for a second. It's true. The city was an awful place. The night before we left, the angels supernaturally blinded the mob that surrounded our house, ready to knock down our doors and flood into the house. Lot's uncle made a bargain with God. A bargain with God? Yes, their deal was that if ten righteous people could be found in the city of thousands, God would allow everything to go on as usual. God would leave everything in place for the sake of ten people. Are the righteous worth that much? Abraham's God must think so. No, it wasn't exactly a good place. I know that. But it was what I knew. It was all I knew. It wasn't so bad, once you got used to it. Well, they couldn't find ten good people, ten " righteous people ", ...