This week I keep thinking about our ability to choose and the consequences (positive or negative) of those choices. Today at church there was a lot of discussion about agency, our ability to choose and act for ourselves.
The example given that I can't stop thinking about is the story of Lot that starts in Genesis chapter 13. Abram and Lot had returned from Egypt and they both had so much stuff that the land couldn't support them. Basically there wasn't enough water, food, and resources to support their families and all of their animals. So Abram comes up with the idea to separate and live in different areas. He gives Lot the choice to go left or right then he would go the opposite direction. Our teacher pointed out that "left and right" in this context actually mean "north and south." (She gave a reference to Hebrew culture...sorry, I don't remember details.) When faced with the choice Lot chooses to go east which wasn't an option Abram gave! Lot plants himself in a position of temptation...facing the city of Sodom. If you read farther you'll see the terrible consequences of his choice.
Where we choose to go, who our friends are, what we do, and how we live all have consequences. Just think about it...
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