Sin City. Genesis 13:5-13 NLT

"For we walk by faith, not by sight" 2 Corinthians 5-7

Lot looked around and chose the easy life. He thought he could live near sin and not be effected by it. How wrong he was. 

We take a little step, nothing happened, it must be okay. We take another step. We walk around it, eyeing it, checking it out and checking ourselves. No damage done, it must be okay. We get a little closer. No harm. It must not be that bad. We get a little closer, then a little more. We stop again to look around. How did we get here? We didn't see it coming, we thought we were safe. What happened? 

In a blink of an eye, our life is gone. Our friends, our job, our home, our family. Sin is like that. It looks okay, maybe even attractive, enticing, harmless. Once Satan takes it all, all that's left is God. Will He still take you back? Even after all you've done? Absolutely! In a heart beat, all you have to do is ask. 

Genesis 13:5-13 NLT 

5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.  6 But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.  7 So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.) 

8 Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!  9 The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.” 

10 Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)  11 Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.  12 So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain.  13 But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the LORD. 

Blessings, Cecilia