Remember Lot's Wife
By Glenda Little "But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." Genesis 19:26 My husband, Steve, and I live in Hayesville, NC, and on our way home from town there's a church sign that says on one side, "Remember Lot's Wife", and on the other side is posted a weekly Bible verse. I mentioned to my husband that the statement about Lot's wife has been on the sign for several months and has really caught my attention. I decided I needed to do some research about it. Lot's Lot Lot's story begins in Genesis 11 where we are told he left the city of Ur with his Uncle Abram "to go into the land of Canaan" (Gen. 11:31). Lot and his family seemed to bring drama at every turn. Let's fast forward and look at his family's story in Genesis 19. Many of us are familiar with the story, but it's always good to review it. Because of the grievous sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, God directed angels to destroy it. In G...