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TITLE: Escape to Him | Previous Challenge Entry
By Michelle Burkhardt
01/08/06
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Sitting in the chair his wife, Marie, questions him on where he has been. Steven knows he can not say at work because she would not be asking if she believed he had been at work. His mind raced back to a few months prior when Marie almost caught him in his first set of lies. While washing his clothes Marie had found a receipt from a local jewelry store. Knowing that their anniversary was only a few days away Marie said nothing until the special day came and went. Steven was quick on his toes as he explained that he had paid for the necklace but the store was behind in engraving it. However, this time he could not come up with another quick excuse and maybe he didn’t want to. Why had he even started the affair with Lisa, a soccer mom of one of his daughter’s teammates, anyway? Now, Marie was going to find out and he knew trying to cover it up would not work. There was no escape.

Stacy went shopping for some new clothes but not for the typical reason a teenage girl goes for. Stacy needed bigger, frumpier clothes. Her belly was starting to pop-out and she desperately wanted to hide it from her friends and family. Brad, her ex-boyfriend, was no longer interested in her and his promise of love was merely words to get her to have sex with him. Brad was angry with for not going to the clinic to “take care of it,” but even though Stacey did not want to be pregnant, she knew in her heart the killing her baby was wrong. Stacy felt so confused, alone and unloved and for now all she could do was hide. There was no escape.

Tina was turning 40 in 2 months, the responsibility of raising her three daughters, Amanda 8, Katie 11 and Samantha 14 was starting to take its toll. Tina knew that most men go through mid-life crisis in their forties but she never imagined she would be the one that wanted something else…something more. The thought of doing one more load of laundry or carting one more child to one more activity was more than she could bear. Rich, her husband, was always working and even though she loved him she wondered if love was enough. Tina often found herself dreaming about the past, “What happened to the young, inspiring writer that she had hoped to be?” Somehow she had lost herself and longed to get in the car and just keep on driving and never stop. The voices in her head were begging her to “Run Tina Run!” There was no escape.

These three individuals all have one thing in common; they are trying to escape from something. Steven wanted to escape from his boring, married life and experience some excitement. Stacy wanted to escape from her pregnancy by hiding it and Tina wanted to escape from the stresses of raising a family. Trying to escape from our circumstances by covering up, hiding or running is not the solution. The only true freedom is in Christ. Escape to Him by reading His Word. The Bible states in 2 Corinthians 3:17, (The NIV Study Bible) “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Find comfort in His embrace and the circumstances that seemed so overwhelming will now have hope. Sin is a prison and Jesus is the KEY! Unlock those bars and Escape to Him where there is peace, joy, and love.

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