It's Hard to Escape...

Have you ever felt completely trapped? 

Was is it because you were in a tight space or maybe you just didn't know where to go next?  Maybe it was because you were still paying the consequences of something you did many years earlier.  A friend mine feels trapped because of that kind of experience.  He has paid the legal consequence for his actions but is still finding himself having to constantly make decisions based upon what was done in the past.  There are places he can't go, employers who would never hire him, people who wouldn't trust him if they only knew...  He is continually being restored but the process can be painful and at times seem very unforgiving.  His head is up and he is moving in the right direction but the question remains will he ever really be restored here and now. 

I pray for him...that he might find peace...and acceptance wherever he goes.  It is a hard burden to carry but he carries it well and he doesn't carry it alone...