To Flagler Beach 03/23/21

Johnathan Dickinson State Park, Hobe Sound, Florida

The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city.  When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.  “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house.  You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”  “No, we will spend the night in the square.”  But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house.  He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. ~ Genesis 19:1-3        Sitting in the gateway of the city indicates that Lot was most likely a member of the ruling counsel of this wicked city.  In other words, he’s immersed himself in it so much that they’ve chosen him to help govern them.  Why did Lot welcome the men and insist they come to his home?  According to II Peter 2:7-8, Lot was a righteous man.  But I’m thinking he was evidently a righteous man who wanted to ride the fence, so to speak.  He sat as judge, possibly imparting the godly wisdom he’d learned during his time with Abraham; but he also wanted to live in the world – an extremely sinful town – with the benefits of such a life – prestige, wealth, etc.  Lot appears to be godly and pure (like the Pharisees of Jesus’ day), but in fact, when push came to shove, at this time, he wasn’t entirely where he should be spiritually.  Just like the rest of us. As we will see, even his own sons-in-law (but not actually married to his daughters yet), laughed at him.  He may have realized that the sins of the town were grievous; and had no problem doing all he could to protect the visitors, but he also had no qualms about tossing his own daughters to the wolves.  He began his life in the area outside the city walls of Sodom, but it wasn’t long before he found himself inside.  And he was in no hurry to leave.  In fact, we will learn that he did all he could to stay.  We should all search our hearts by asking, “Have I slowly worked my way into my very own Sodom?”  If so, petition the Lord to help bring you out.

Today began as most moving days do – a hearty breakfast to tied us over, devotionals, a few other things, then packing up.  There are things Blaine has to do outside and things I have to do inside, to get us ready to move our home, all of which takes about 45 minutes to an hour.  I’ll not bore you with the details.

We were all set.  I pulled the Jeep out of our site and stopped at the neighbors (who had already left), to wait for him to pull the coach out so we could hook up.  I waited and waited, but he never came.  Just as I left the Jeep, I received a text from him saying his seat wouldn’t move. 

Uh oh.

He fussed and fiddled and fiddled and fussed and 20 minutes later, he gave up, pulled the steering wheel out as far as it would go, put a thick pillow behind his back and scooted closer to the edge of the seat.  He’ll fix it later.  And I’m confident he will, because my man can fix anything!

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We moved 200 miles in about 3 ½ hours today.  All of it uneventful.  Just the way we like it!

Gamble Rogers State Park, Flagler Beach, Florida

We love this area of Florida!  In fact, as Blaine was reading through our posts from 2019, he saw where we commented that we wouldn’t mind making a permanent home here – in the future.  I sincerely doubt that will happen though, since currently, almost all of our family live in Northeast Ohio, and undoubtedly will for many years.

First order of business in our new place?  (after setting everything back up, of course)  Go see the beach!  It’s an easy walk, and an easier bike ride.  We found it just as beautiful, and mostly empty, as we left it two years ago.