OMFG! I cannot believe I accidentally flushed my original story that was soooo hard to write. Sigh. That’ll learn me to pay attention when, on my phone, it says update post. Where my text went, I know not. How the text both above AND below the picture vanished, is beyond me.
And YAY! How Rochelle had it in her phone is beyond me. I’m calling it some kind of divine intervention. You Rock Rochelle!! Thank you, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
©Roger Bultot
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No Sanctuary
Death was next.
An entrepreneurial spirit, he’d turned his habit into a successful business by 22.
Snorting coke to stay alert, drinking booze to pass out, he lived this illusively, exciting life. Till he lost himself.
At 23, weighing 125 lbs, he found himself homeless. Desperate, he knocked on the church door, seeking assistance.
The priest looked down, repulsed; “You are beyond help,” and slammed the door in his face.
Years later, he was now a sober, successful man. His wife beside him as he drove past, he pointed and spit out bitterly, “That’s the church that turned me away.”
A Dalectable Life 
Good he got out of addiction. But he still retains his anger. Should church have allowed a coke addiction and an alcoholic a refuge? It is a matter a debate.
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Church could have helped him get to a rehab place.
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I’m glad he pulled himself together despite the lack of help. Great opening line, and his decline and return to health all captured in your hundred words. Good story.
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Thank you so much, Margaret. He did what he had to do
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Some churches are more welcoming than others. The priest does not always embody the teachings and so it often happens that they do turn those in need away. Seems as if he turned it around on his own and made a success of his life.
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Sad story with a happy ending 🙂
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Indeed!
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That story says so much. So very much. Love your imagination and ability to get well beyond the photo.
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Thank you, George. I canna lie. ‘Tis a true story…
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Ouch such anger. They should have helped him. Well told. He pulled himself up on his own which is very strong willed
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Indeed he was! Maybe that’s what he needed..
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I liked the message here Dale. It’s a bugbear of mine that sometimes the church and its congregation is selective in its charity or prioritises the cute above the vile. Well written.
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Thank you, Michael. It can be quite selective. Not very charitable.
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Ow! That’s a harsh story for a Christian to read. I could believe it happening, although we don’t all turn away addicts.
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No. They do not all fit in one box, thankfully. This is, however, a true story…
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Yes, it has the ring of truth about it…the priest is very wrong, though. Nobody is beyond help, nobody at all.
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