Many people think it an honor to be a pillar of the community ...but it is doubtful Lot looked at his wife that way. Actually, he had warned her not to look.

Sometimes we need to separate ourselves from that which we have fallen into ...we need to change directions.  Looking forward is good when the past has been the cause of our falling away. But, when our past is good, looking forward may just be looking forward to mistakes.

God aimed to correct the mistakes ...after the people had allowed themselves to drift away from God's ways.  Repeating what we've done wrong, and not learning from the past causes many people pain and suffering.

Lot's family was at that critical point ...an allowance being made to spare them, but they were not to look back.