Frozen in Time: The Danger of Gazing at What’s Lost with Lot's Wife
Don’t look at failures. They will transfix you and paralyze you.
The story of Lot’s wife is telling. They say there’s still a pillar of salt in the desert near the place where they fled Sodom.
“Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” Genesis 19:17
They were told not to look back. We all know what happens when we look ba…
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