Camping in Compromise

I helped lower my friend to the bed, as she stammered in her drunken state. The party we were at had gotten out of hand. Things were said that couldn’t be unheard, and actions that couldn’t be undone. “It’s okay,” I said to her, stuffing my hurt down deeper.
 
I woke up with a physical and emotional hangover, as those hurt feelings rose back to the surface. Internally I lamented, How did things end up like this?

I wonder if Lot asked the same way as he walked away from smoldering Sodom. I wonder if he reflected on the events that had left him wife-less and homeless.

How did this nephew of Abram (who had been rescued once before, by the way) end up in this situation where he barely escaped utter destruction?

​If we look closely at Lot’s journey, we can see a progression:
He encamped near Sodom (Gen 13:10-13).
He lived in Sodom (Gen 14:12).
He became a leader of Sodom (Gen 19:1).
 
I would wager that Lot wished he could go back and reverse his choice to live near the infamously wicked city of Sodom. At the time Lot had reasoned his decision— anyone in their right mind would choose a lush, well-watered plain over one that is rocky and arid.
 
If I look closely at my own journey, I recognize a similar pattern.​..
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