Comparing Saffire’s belief to the Christian belief

Saffire has come to believe in a Being greater than herself. A Being that is greater than the greatest person on earth. A Being that is so great that it is beyond anyone’s imagination. And strange thing is, this Being isn’t so much an "it" as it is a "He". He is called the Divine in Saffire’s world. The Divine is, just as God is, the Creator, the Almighty, Perfect and All Righteous, the Sovereign Ruler over everything ever created. But what is it that Saffire believes is that because the Divine is perfect and righteous, anything done not in accordance with Him has to be the opposite of righteous, which is evil.

Soon after their creation humans have come to do things (and like to do things) opposite from Him. These evils are done sometimes unintentionally but completely out of selfishness. With no regard for the Divine, humans have grown distant and wanting to make themselves creator and ruler. Yet, humans are imperfect and created and therefore cannot change their place in life. They have not seen the care and love the Divine have put into their being. This has lead the Divine to be saddened and angered altogether, for He is not only their Creator but also their Father. Saffire and others believe that the Divine is complete also in His love for His creation, but He cannot force the creation to return that love (in which case, by force it would not be true love). So He provides a way to show them all His complete love for them AND a way to cover their evils so that He is not being unrighteous by skipping their punishment. He would Himself come to the earth in a human body.

He would walk and talk among them and show them hands-on what He is all about and how much He loves them. No one knows when this is supposed to happen but many who believe in the Divine believe He will one day do this. But sadly when He does do this, He will have to allow Himself to be killed in his human body. This will be a sacrifice by bloodshed to cover the evils of the entire world, whomever will simply believe that it is the Divine who had befallen this fate as their replacement. He then would forgive them of being selfish and forgetting their place as a creation. These He would know truly loved Him, not from force but because of His own true love for them. He would allow these to live forever with Him in His Kingdom. Because He would not stay dead but come back and rule physically on the earth and out in the galaxy too.

The Comparison?
Jesus is God incarnate (in a human body). Jesus came to be a sacrifice for our sins, the evils we do that keep us distant from God (God is not the one being distant but we are). God loves us so much that He wanted to come and be with us physically, walk and talk among us, and show us who He is. Jesus said if you’ve seen me you’ve seen the Father. By Jesus bloodshed we are set free from guilt and shame before the Awesome and Holy God. Jesus is our replacement to fulfill the consequences of sin so that we who believe in Him, that He is God and His death has saved, us will not have to fear death. We will be forgiven and restored to a right place with God. He will allow us to live forever with Him in Eternity because Jesus didn’t stay dead but 3 days later was raised to life by our Father in Heaven. Jesus is alive right now and we will also be raised up.

The main difference in the story from the reality of Christianity is that in Beautiful Sun the Divine has only just in the first book come to the earth. And of course in Christianity it has been 2000 years plus since Christ, our God, has come to the earth. Not that He is slack in coming back, since it has been less time since He’s come than it was before He came and believers were awaiting His arrival. In the Beautiful Sun story, the Divine, Zion, has not yet died or shown himself to be the Divine yet. Although the time is current day, it is a fiction/fantasy and it is only at the beginning of the series that we find that the Divine has come to the earth. The series is to display how God came in a body, the things He did while on earth, and how this affected certain young adults, the resurrection and what happens in this fantasy world once God sets up His kingdom.

Introducing Boy Craze: Excerpt from Chapter 1

I know I haven't actually given you much to go on with Beautiful Sun and you've been waiting like years to find out more! Well here's more! Here is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the book.

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Everyone complained, but Mrs. Burnstine didn’t care.
“Life isn’t gravy, you good for nothings,” she’d yelled. She, of course, saw no problem. When she was their age, she had to walk for nearly an hour to get to school and she couldn’t afford the luxury of a car. Now she made sure she could by making the children walk and stuffing the transportation funds into her pocketbook.
But transportation or not, this morning Saffire was destined to be late. She had stayed up half the night studying. But it wasn’t the major test in her science class that she had studied. Saffire usually didn’t study for tests since they were mostly straight from the homework. Most days after school, instead of studying, she would visit the library to get books and surf the Internet to find out more about the Divine. The Divine was also called the Living God.
Saffire’s grandmother was the first to tell her about Him. She said that the Divine was the very essence of love but He was also a Judge. To a four-year old that had just lost her parents, that is a very confusing thing. Which would explain why Saffire immediately forgot about the Divine; her young mind just couldn’t comprehend it. But when she really started to wonder why her life had ended up this way, she remembered what her grandmother told her and decided to find out more.
The library was a good source for finding things out about Him. But with all the cookbooks, chat rooms, and magazines she found herself too distracted and going home many days having found out nothing at all. But yesterday she had determined not to let this happen because no matter how distracted she became, she truly wanted to know the Divine’s plan for her life so she could follow it.
She finally hit the jackpot with a book called “The Divine’s Purpose for Life”. But by the time she found it, it was already late and the library was closing. Once back in her room, she was forced to listen to the ramblings Laurean and Shayla, with the occasional support of Kaitlin going unseen by the two. But eventually they went to sleep and Saffire was able to focus entirely on the book. She made notes upon notes, writing late into the night.
Falling asleep right on top of the book, Saffire’s mind still raced with theories and theologies. After a short time the ideas in her head came together in a dream and took the form of a person, a person that cared for her. She couldn’t see who it was, but she heard a voice talking to her. It was a mumble at first, then the sound grew, but still she didn’t know what was said. Saffire looked around in the darkness, trying to find the voice.
“Where are you?”
“Right here,” the voice said. Saffire couldn’t tell from where the voice was coming.
“Help me. I don’t want to be alone in the dark.” Saffire said.
“You never were alone. Wake up and you shall see me.” The voice said softly.Saffire felt her eyes open, not by choice. Her heart was beating slightly faster than normal. Then she realized she had been dreaming. She lifted her face from her book noticing the time. As the page, which had been pressed into her cheek, peeled off, there came a knock on her door.
She became scared, her dream still being eerily vivid. Saffire sat still staring at the door in anticipation. The door creaked open slowly, and it was Burnstine.
“Saffire.” “Ye, yes Mrs. Burnstine.” Saffire felt herself now shaking.
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So tell me! What do you think? Interesting? Lame? Wanting more? What type of person do you see Saffire as so far? Probably not very many opinions on that, seeing that she isn't viewed from too many angles yet. But that's ok, I'll be posting about Saffire soon. She's really me y'know O_O ^_^

Beautiful Sun: The Series

BEAUTIFUL SUN'S NEW RELEASE: BOY CRAZE!!!

The moment everyone's been waiting for (especially Saffire!), the release of Beautiful Sun: Boy Craze!


At the age of 4 her parents died. At the age of 5 her grandmother died. Now 16 and stuck in an orphanage Saffire somehow continues hoping on the only Power she feels can save her, though peer pressure and the head mistress of Telston Orphanage Community is pushing her even away from this. That is until a "holy" boy shows up, claiming to be her older brother. But he keeps looking at her in strange ways and acts more in love than he's admitting to. His over-protective and boyfriend-like behavior becomes a problem when a new student enrolls at school. See how it all unravels in Beautiful Sun: Boy Craze. Now available on Lulu.com, soon to be available on Google Reader, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble

Currently you can purchase the e-book (pdf version) for only $1.50!!


SAMPLE from page 49
"You should come skate."
"You know I can't skate."
"I know, but you should still come. I don't mind if you fall on me." He smiled then put out his hand. Saffire smiled. Beginning to blush she put her hand in his but instantly felt a twinge in her gut. It was as if something was pulling, poking, and prodding her conscience. Her eyes sought the source and were drawn to the doorway of the Hot Spot on the opposite side of the rink. There her eyes locked directly into Zion's stare and momentarily her eyes began to dry her eyes out. She blinked as if grasping for air as she felt William creating a firm grip on her hand. She looked at him while he put his free arm around her waist and escorted her to the skating floor. She smiled towards William but turned back to Zion, curious about the intense sensation she felt. But this time when she looked Zion was not looking at her or even standing where she had thought. The drawing had vanished and so had Zion.


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