The Prophet Isaiah used the image of Sodom and Gomorrah — the cities destroyed by God in the book of Genesis becasue of their sinfulness — as symbols of the need for repentance. Billy Graham commented on the lack of morality in the United States by saying that if God didn’t intervene soon, He would have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. Reading the Prophet, though, suggests that sexual morality was not where he saw the need for repentance. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow. How we treat the most vulnerable members of society is a better measure of our sinfulness before God than any sexual issues. Hearing the cry of the poor is a good practice during Lent.
