Between Two Fires

by Christopher Buehlman

“She was tempted by something stronger than her. Adam was tempted by a weaker creature. Or so we are told. If Eve was his inferior, his sin was greater. You can’t have it both ways.”

a world where God’s love was unfiltered by priests or texts and could be had freely by looking up at the sky.

Lucifer is fallen. Mammon is Lord here now.

You’re Him. There is no him or her. Why did you not come as I would know you? I came as you would follow me. I came as you would love me in innocence. Why me? That question has never been answered to anyone’s satisfaction. But you were the last one. The last one I could still save. And yet this is Hell. I’m here. Not for long. I’m damned. Not anymore.

Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death of loss.

fear of Hell is one of many paths to it. Forget Hell and love one another. That is all He wants of you.