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The Good Ahead: Learning from Lot's wife in Genesis: What can we learn from this story

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No matter what happened in the past, you cannot fix it. Whether it was two weeks ago or twenty years ago, the best thing to do is learn the lessons it has taught you and move on. Briefly, the story goes like this: "  Genesis 19 , when Lot and his wife have just fled Sodom and Gomorrah. God is about to destroy the two cities, but in His grace, He allows them to escape with specific instructions: “ Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley” ( v. 17 ).  " We have Sodom and Gomorrah, which we know from the bible to be places of evil. God tells the group to run for their lives and not stop in the valley. There we have the third clue, and the third party is you. A triangle of the two places and then we have those wishing to escape.  When you live with a toxic group or person, your home life is of course toxic, and your outer life as well. What is on a certain frequency can only attract what is willing to tune into it. Your at-home life (one) and your

Love ? : The truth & why it is an immediate mask dissolver

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Image: Drew Dizzy Graham You know that feeling when you hold your newborn baby in your arms for the first time?  You gaze at that little face, and you just fall in love...well, I did! In a recent article, I came across. It was discussed that many people choose to have children to fulfill their own selfish needs. In a way, there is nothing wrong with that. Most of us want to give a child love. Also affection, boundaries, the tools to grow, reassurance, and more. We try to do our best. Mostly, we desire to pour in unconditional love. But for many adults who are high on the toxicity scale, it seems that the whole point of having children is to use them in some way. This could be from withholding affection unless the child gets top marks later on and makes them look good. That is just one way the toxic person acts out. Either knowingly or not. They set upon a path that places a child into a world to be used for the parent's dramas. To gain something. The child is initiated into what is