Clean Up the Clutter

I never thought I had so much clutter under my kitchen sink. At the start of the new year, I decided to do a general cleaning of the cabinet under the sink. In the end, I had to throw out rusty screw drivers and dried-up paints, worn out rugs and damp plastic bags plus others. After about an hour of cleaning up, the clutter in my cabinet was packaged into two sacks full of garbage.

How could I have made so much mess in my kitchen closet? For one, the tools were kept there, rarely used and left unchecked if they're still useful. It's also a shame to admit that I was too lazy to just dump the used plastic bags one on top of the other until they formed a mountain over time. I even dumped boxes into the cabinet hoping I could use it somehow but I never did.

My encounter with the kitchen mess made me ask myself: Do I also have clutter in my life that I need to quickly clean up? What are the things that I keep stuffing that not only eats up space but also invites cockroaches into the storage of my heart? Resentment? Unforgiveness? Little offenses that piled up?

Perhaps it's time to clean our closets and have a clean slate this year. Don't you think so?

100 Ways to Live the Word

How do we put into practice the Word of God? Let us count the ways. There are "100 Ways to Live the Word", at least initially, according to Philippine Bible Society (PBS). PBS recently launched a coffee table book bearing that title. The book is about the lives of men and women who believed in God and in His Word--how their lives have never been the same. They have become influential in their respective fields, touching lives and making things happen.

Read about how biblical verses influenced the likes of former Pres. Corazon Aquino, Sen. Jovito Salonga, Chief Justice Reynaldo Puno, Ambassador Henrietta de Villa, Bishop Eddie Villanueva, Atty. Alex Lacson, Piolo Pascual, Dulce, Dr. Luis Gatmaitan, Nora Lucero and many others--all adding up to 100 personalities. I interviewed 15 of these 100 people and wrote their inspiring stories.

You may get a copy of 100 Ways to Live the Word at PBS Bookstores along U.N. Ave. and Sta. Mesa at a discounted price. Call (63.2)521-57-92 or visit http://www.bible.org.ph/about-us/contact-us for details.

LittWorld Video

Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn made a video of her interviews with some of the participants of LittWorld in Kenya. I was one of those she interviewed. To view the video, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB7Ml5CPoMg.