Gen 19: 30-38

The weird get weirder! I just love what my commentary says about this:

Verses 30-38 Lot soon left Zoar. God had promised to keep him safe there. But Lot did not trust God. Lot went to live in a cave with his daughters. He had been very rich. And he had lived in an area where crops grew easily. But now he lived in a cave. He owned just a few things and most people in his family were dead.

Like Noah, Lot drank too much. But Noah had first worshipped God. And he did not get as deeply drunk as Lot did. Lot’s daughters acted in a worse way towards their father than Noah’s son acted towards his father. Lot’s older daughter made things seem worse for her than they really were. There were young men not far away, whom she could marry. And neither girl suggested that they could go to Abraham for help. Lot got drunk on the second night too. He did not know what his daughter had done on the first night. Even so, he was foolish. The daughters made their father drunk. They knew that their actions were wrong. People realised that sex between close members in a family was wrong. However, God did not punish Lot’s descendants because of that. In fact, the descendants of both sons became important nations.

I guess nations had to start from somewhere. I think it is true that they were very prideful people back in those days not to mention selfish. Desperate people do desperate things. I guess it was just the moral decay that was pervasive back then.

Replaced stuff that was missing after the car got broken into the other night. Was glad that all they took was what they thought had value still have that feeling of violation. I just am thankful they left certain essential things. Still things could have been worse.

Praise for today: Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life- men without regard for God. Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.  Ps 54: 4-5