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Angel Without Wings · #30 (**permalink**) 09-30-2008, 06:27 PM

Thanks again to all who have responded to this thread and all who have voted. I have sent all responses to my son iin hopes that he had more options to view and could make a better decision.

I want to let you know that I have faith and faith "without works is dead." Meaning, faith alone is not enough. Action is required as well.

So to let you know also that my son is growing in his faith in God. He was growing in his faith prior to being put in prison. All he needed was a small amount (it is said a mustard seed) of faith.

My son has always been a person that is calm and waits until he cnnot deal with it any longer than explodes. He cares for others and puts others ahead of himself as do I.

This is not always good but nonetheless, where he is now, the exploding part could be harmful to him and good as well. It definetely depends on the situation.

His situation was an inmate -on -nmate and an inmate -on- guard extortion taking place I found out.

You all have given a lot of good advice but ultimately it is my son who has to make a decision on what it is he will do.

"PRAYER IS POWERfUL" and should not be "underestimated" as not being enough. I have seen prayer save lives all by itself many times, and "I" was one of the many times prayer worked.

"THIS" is where FAITH comes in.

I was afraid and so was my son.

Which did not lead to "no" action being taken, it led to "fear" taking over "logical" thinking and taking over the place of our "faith."

Because fear came into play, we panicked.

We are human of course. Prison is not a playground. It is enough reason all by itself to be afraid.
If you are not a fighting person, but a calm soul, these things you find behind prison walls are something else entirely!

My son will fight, compared to not fighting at all let me correct that right now. Whether he is overpowered or not. He is a logical thinker and when he can't figure something out logically, he relies on God.

But I know that God controls everything and everyone. It's as simple as that. In a situation that looks and seems grave, God and only God can alter the outcome. Prayer "is" powerful!

My son will come home and he will be o.k. He will be a lot more mature and cautious and much more appreciative than he already was of everything and everyone. Unfortunately, he will be less trusting of others and it will take a lot of work to help him feel alright again. But he has a good family that loves him and he has God and Prayer and Hope that will bring him through all of this.
Now, he has all of you!

Thank you!

Our Family Got Bigger Because of this Incident.
Good Things Can Be Found In This Situation, Right?
I "must" think positive and know that this will pass and it will be o.k. because I have done everything within my power and have given it over to God.

Be Blessed!