re - becoming a priest - it sounds like you've pretty much answered 
your own questions by answering mine in writing.  I often find it that 
way with skilled sponsorship - or just skilled fellow AA members or 
other fellowships.  They don't tell me the answer, but they lead me to 
find the answer inside myself.  I am usually skeptical of anyone who 
tells me how to run my life anyway.
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Well, good luck to you.  I hope this won't offend anyone, but recently 
I was given a picture of Christ that says underneath "I never promised 
you it would be easy, I only promised you it would be worth it".  Is 
this correct for me?  I don't know yet.  I don't have the strong faith 
of the woman who gave it to me, that's for sure.  And recent events in 
my life have me questioning my particular Church, as I'm sure you can 
see by my previous message to you and this one, as well as God - 
especially the traditional Patriachal concept of God - and Christ also 
and many other things.  This is why I am mostly using meditation and 
not "prayer" these days - personally< i don't know what to say and I'm 
unsure Who or What I am addressing.  Actually, I'm becoming quite a 
cynic.
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But I do hope it's true for me and I also hope this is true for you.
Becoming a priest as a recovering alcoholic certainly won't be easy.
I hope it proves to be worth it to you.
--- TriToss (tm) Professional 11.0 - #66
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