Your Town Square

And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant's house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.” Genesis 19:2

Two strangers come to town and offer to spend the night in the town square. Something is about to be said about your town; that place where you call home. 

If the strangers have a peaceful night's sleep and awaken refreshed with all of their property intact, that says one thing about your town. If the strangers do not awaken at all, that says another thing about your town. In a former time in this nation, a policeman might stop and inquire of the strangers their business and if they needed travelers aid. Now, the strangers would be arrested for the high crime of...wait for it, spending the night in the town square! This says something about your town as well. The town square in this Bible story has a reputation that has endured for millennia - Sodom. 

The strangers' local contact in this case knew that the town square was the very center of depravity in his town, and soon depravity came knocking at Lot's front door like an ocean wave battering at the rocks of the shore. Towns have since, for the most part at least, worked to avoid such a reputation as Sodom had, for God did not take kindly to His messengers being subjected to such depravity as Sodom sported in that day. 

Praise God that so many town squares speak today of the birth of our Lord Jesus! Merry Christmas to all on this fine Friday!

Bucky