Ode to Love

Job 1:9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. An excellent and insightful question. I have said that the heart of fear- perhaps where fear converts to terror- is at the fear of God. I have also said that the fear of God is the fear of the loss of God. While the context in the book of Job is quite different, the use of "Nothing" stood out to me this time. If one crosses the line where one loses God, the path back may not be clear or straightforward. It may be that Satan had lost God once before this encounter, and is here illuminating a threshold where preventing that loss is worth many pages of discussion, crystallizing God in the storm instead of losing the connection. If one side does fear God for Nothing (using my divergent interpretation of the verse), then the other might fear God for everything, experienced as an overwhelming amount of sensation. Job's words- despite what these others are saying in reply regarding of God- would allow for a scenar...

I walk back out to the edge of The Farmer's Market, and set up with my cooler of waters and books of poetry. "$2 water, $1 haiku, commissioned sonnets." everything is perfectly arranged and we are now open for business. "I say ' we' because it is actually both you and I." Pete whispers along our private channel. "They rolled the dice with finding the realm that you're in, so I'm 'playing your character'~ to my extreme chagrin~ in about 999 other realms. To the letter I play you, down to the least stroke of the pen. They can't tell the difference; they've already counted out your actual realm based on some subtle bird glitch trick which I threw in there to make your realm look subtly simulated to the dead. Then again, I am Satan, so that claim could be complete fabrication as well, and no one would know the difference. The bottom line is, I've grown to know you more than anyone should ever know anyone else, and only becau...