Bad things happen to all of us and negative feelings have a way of creeping into our lives, settling there, and keeping us stuck. Here's a story of what happened to one woman when she chose to look back.
Sodom was once a rich and flourishing city. People were enjoying their wealth and bounty but somewhere along the line, they strayed from God and his principles of right living. They chose to do abominable practices, worship false idols, and live a life of sin. God looked down upon this city and said "Enough". But there was one family living there who were from the lineage of Abraham and were to be spared - the family of Lot.
Two angels were sent to escort the family out of the city before the great destruction.
"Hurry," they said to Lot. "Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!" (Gen 19:14).
Lot hesitated so the angels grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them safely outside the city. They left the family with this order:
"Run for your lives and don't look back or stop anywhere in the valley!" (Gen. 19:17)
When the family reached a small village far enough away, the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. He utterly destroyed all the people and the vegetation. Lot's wife did not obey the angel's command and she looked back. Immediately she turned into a pillar of salt.
There are many lessons in this story but the one I want to share with you today is this: Sometimes God takes us out of places and situations for our own good. It's hard to leave our comfort zones, but when God says it's time to go, it's time to go. We may not understand why God takes things or people away from us, but we can trust that when God moves us, He always has something better in store for us, although we may not realize it at the time.
Like Lot's wife, we. too, can turn into a pillar of salt by looking back. When we hold on to the past, we prevent God from moving us forward into our destiny. If we want to move forward in the New Year, it is crucial to start with a clean slate and let go yesterday, last week, last year, and the last twenty years. What is done is done. Forgive anyone who hurt you. Forgive yourself and forgive God. Know that we don't always understand God's ways yet trust that His ways are higher than our ways.
We each have a destiny. It is never too late and we are never too old to find it. What it is that you may be holding on to that is keeping you from moving forward? Is it a relationship? A job? A loss? A missed opportunity? Someone once said, "Don't put a question mark where God has put a period". When one door closes, another always opens and God gives us the grace to walk through it.
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Until next time, don't look back. Instead, keep looking up!
Ariel Paz
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