The queen of looking back was Lot’s wife. In Genesis 19, angels tell Lot his city will be destroyed due to the Lord’s displeasure, and that he, his wife, and his two daughters need to leave and not look back. And Lot, whose actions are sometimes less than admirable (earlier, he offered to let his… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Tree of Souls by Howard Schwartz
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Pillars of Salt
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. They were less than righteous people, the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah. They were immoral, self-absorbed, violent, threatening to violate total strangers just to debase them. God wasn’t inclined to believe… Continue reading Pillars of Salt
One Is Too Many….
If you look closely at the photo, you can see it, one of the compulsions I struggle the most to control. I chew my cuticles. My successful moments in combatting this nasty habit come when I remember this: Don’t take the first bite. Because, you see, I am lost if I chew that first cuticle.… Continue reading One Is Too Many….