When brainstorming one thing leads to something else. . .

The quandry of marketing. . . Getting... We are NOT Alone!

When brainstorming one thing leads to something else. . .

So tonight I'm sitting here looking at marketing suggestions on the forums of createspace.com, when one suggestion is to write about the book from 10 different angles. Then use those angles in creating press releases. Press releases should be sent out before the book is printed, so as to create interest in the subject matter and increase chances of the book being purchased.

So I opened my list of volumes/chapter titles, and began thinking about those titles. I was amazed again at how the breakdown has fit so nicely into each volume, but was also struck by an over-arching theme of relationship. So I figured, well, let's make relationship the first angle I attempt to write about. The following list developed, and I realized I don't have one article here, I have several just on this angle alone!

God wants relationship

God the Father wants to interact with His Children

God the Son wants to win His Bride, heal her scars, and present her blameless to the Father

God the Holy Spirit wants to woo us to the Son, teach us the Son and Father's ways, and live through us to the world around us, wooing others to the Father through our yielded efforts.

Maintaining Relationship:

God longs to know that WE want relationship with HIM.

So He waits for us to come to Him of our own choosing.

Waits for us to show by our obedience that we want to live in a manner that pleases Him.

Waits for us to carry out the mandates He presents to us.

Marks of healthy relationship:

Focus on the other person for who they are, not on what they can do for you

Focus on pleasing the other person rather than how the other person can please you

Making time to be together in conversation, action, or silence

Gratitude toward the other person rather than incessant demands

Byproducts of Relationship:

Answered prayer