What's in Your Basket?
Every year, I donate a basket of goodies to be raffled
off at the annual RT Booklovers Convention. To win, persons had to give their
names and email addresses as a way for me to build my monthly newsletter list.
Most of the time, it’s a themed basket tied in with the latest release. In 2016,
I had toy cars to feature Driven to Be
Loved. 
This year, since I featured Love Led by The Spirit, it made sense to create a basket filled
with items pertaining to love. I wanted to offer an alternative to the world’s
definition of love—mainly sex and seduction.
For inspiration, I chose to
showcase God’s ultimate love.
Before I knew it, I needed a bigger box to place all
the inspirational items: journals, candy, stuff animal, candle, Bible word
puzzles, and more. The finishing touch was adding a large KJV Bible.
Since RT represents more than sixteen genres, some
very secular, I was surprised to see the number of entries in my over-sized bag
to win my “Bible Basket.” Actually, I was shocked. One reader from the UK had put
in four entries. She wasn’t the only one with multiple entries to increase
their chances to win.
When I shared what happened with a fellow author,
who writes Fantasy Sci-Fi, she said people are hungry. Matthew 5:6: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled. There were a lot of
hungry people at this year’s conference. Why haven’t I done this before? Every
day, I learn more about my mission in Christ. Now, I plan to offer more Bible
boxes at events to fill the world with Godly inspiration.
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