Lot's Wife

The story of Lot's wife reminds me of worries that are still in the air today. Most of America, and many other parts of the world are dreading, and even terrified, of 2012. Theories of Yellowstone Volcano blowing up, a solar flair that could end life for all, and countless other explanations of how the world will end circulate throughout our planet. Lot and his family had similar worries when their town was promised to be destroyed. I can feel the fear as I read the story that must have been pulsing through their veins. Lot's wife could not help, but to look behind her to see what havoc was unfolding in the city that she left behind. This mistake turned her into a pillar of salt, never to see or breathe again. The daughter's fear of having nobody to reproduce with, led them to lie with their father and bear his children. This story makes me think, if the world was to "end" would God find another chosen family to save mankind as in this story and the story of Noah? I know that stories, like history, repeat and are retold, so is it even possible for our world to truly end?