tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post8120135794141137883..comments2024-02-17T17:59:25.010+10:00Comments on Christian Writers Downunder: Clutter Bust into the New Year – by Ruth BonettiJeanette O'Haganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-18743221215303673022018-01-11T11:28:08.365+10:002018-01-11T11:28:08.365+10:00Hope you are feeling better now Hazel, and keep up...Hope you are feeling better now Hazel, and keep up the strength for the clutter bust and further books and PR. Love xxRuth Bonettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542313894716045515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-63687165134939013232018-01-10T17:16:34.964+10:002018-01-10T17:16:34.964+10:00Thanks for your blog, Ruth. I too, have been going...Thanks for your blog, Ruth. I too, have been going through every room of our home and getting rid of excess junk. I've not been too well since 2015, with first one thing and then another. Now, thanks to the Lord, I'm much better and am currently tidying my own work room. I've filled countless bins and have taken so many trips to Vinnies. See you soon.Hazel's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130890759088634619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-88808305115903710492018-01-09T18:01:35.147+10:002018-01-09T18:01:35.147+10:00And perhaps the hardest areas to clear out are min...And perhaps the hardest areas to clear out are mind and heart, aren't they, Jeanette? Hope you manage that before the year gets into gear, and have a positive fulfilling year.Ruth Bonettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542313894716045515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-11834759012843134842018-01-09T17:59:51.796+10:002018-01-09T17:59:51.796+10:00Do I remember you posted about a book on the topic...Do I remember you posted about a book on the topic, but I forget the title? It gave me the idea you were Queen of Declutter!Ruth Bonettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542313894716045515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-70271496357343248012018-01-08T19:24:56.547+10:002018-01-08T19:24:56.547+10:00Enjoyed your post, thanks Ruth. Even after two hou...Enjoyed your post, thanks Ruth. Even after two house moves with all that culling and giving away of 'stuff', my cupboards are jammed and my desk has numerous piles. I do try to declutter my mind and heart at the beginning of each year. Not always easy but I must not look back and say - Oh, that was my big opportunity but I was so busy I missed it. Have a great year.Jeanette Grant-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691677119939194892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-28133615979757749022018-01-08T18:39:39.399+10:002018-01-08T18:39:39.399+10:00LOL - I so relate to that, Ruth. I was going to st...LOL - I so relate to that, Ruth. I was going to start working on a client's job today, but spent the day decluttering my work space so I could see what I was doing. I fell off the decluttering wagon last year, but have resolved to get back on it. Packed a box of clothes last week to take to the op shop. Must keep going. Thanks for the encouragement.<br /><br />Some of the hardest things for me to get rid of are the nostalgia things (the photo of that girl I haven't seen since Grade 11; the program from that concert I enjoyed in 1984) and the things that I may use one day (but one day never comes). God has been speaking to me lately about making room for new things, so your post came at the right time. Good luck with yours, Ruth. Onwards and upwards :)Nola Passmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08425394685430146759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-22030212983550560582018-01-08T13:35:41.772+10:002018-01-08T13:35:41.772+10:00My dear, thank you for your affirmation of my word...My dear, thank you for your affirmation of my words and efforts. I admit it's hard to let go of STUFF and even harder of dreams, hopes, ventures. Today I enlisted a friend to help me face the wardrobe and have bags of shoes and clothes for Lifeline. But a weed-strewn heart and failed aspirations are way harder. <br />My little bamboo plant now has another offshoot sprouting. For years I've reminded myself that for the first 5 years a Chinese bamboo needs to be watered while showing nil growth. Then suddenly in 5 weeks it grows 30 metres. Trust in the Lord's timing. Keep looking up. Love and blessings xxRuth Bonettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542313894716045515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-66226040985983952412018-01-08T11:40:25.437+10:002018-01-08T11:40:25.437+10:00Your words are so powerful, Ruth, and they have to...Your words are so powerful, Ruth, and they have touched me deeply. Can I do it ... bury the dead (hopes? dreams? unrealised/unrealistic expectations? failures?) ... prune the dead wood (can I finally, accurately identify those branches?) ... open the space (in a bruised and battered, weed-strewn heart?), wait (how much longer? do I wait in vain?), hope (have I the strength? do I dare? again?), trust (when the current of struggle is dragging me under?), wonder ... will the Lord of the Harvest water those new shoots (perhaps, with the very tears He has bottled?) ... take the risk for the rest? Perhaps ... leaning on the One who is Faithful and True. Inspired by friends and fellow travellers ... like you. Thank you.Mazzy Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945841786696357456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-17474068755585855302018-01-08T10:24:47.584+10:002018-01-08T10:24:47.584+10:00I so understand how you feel, Adam, and that suffo...I so understand how you feel, Adam, and that suffocation under stuff. Keep on with it (as must I!) and may you breathe more free for this!Ruth Bonettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542313894716045515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-77711269613499565982018-01-08T10:09:07.117+10:002018-01-08T10:09:07.117+10:00Thanks for the encouragement, Ruth. I'm going ...Thanks for the encouragement, Ruth. I'm going through all this right now, as we'll be moving house this year. In the past, we've always carried the clutter from one house to another, but this time I'm determined to get rid of as much un-necessary stuff as I can. We've been living in a tiny 2-bedroom cottage for almost ten years, and most of the time I feel like I'm drowning in belongings. Can be quite suffocating. The newer house will be a little bigger, but we'll still have the same problems unless we reduce.<br /><br />Making good progress so far.Adam David Collingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18072000680990534407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-40246983996159853212018-01-08T08:34:26.177+10:002018-01-08T08:34:26.177+10:00I need some of your ruthlessness (pun not intended...I need some of your ruthlessness (pun not intended). Books, children’s mementos and old lecture notes are my downfall. But maybe it is time for the box loads of gathered research and gathered notes for my uncompleted Doctorate of theology and old lecture notes to go. Thanks for an invigorating post, Ruth - though Pippi the Pirate Parot does intrigue. Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-63293235219588099072018-01-08T08:09:24.636+10:002018-01-08T08:09:24.636+10:00It’s still a work in all too messy progress! Thank...It’s still a work in all too messy progress! Thanks for understanding, encouragement and reinforcing, Anusha and bless you.Ruth Bonettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542313894716045515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-67320833083202669112018-01-08T07:48:08.451+10:002018-01-08T07:48:08.451+10:00Enjoyed your post Ruth and very well said. Love al...Enjoyed your post Ruth and very well said. Love all the points you mention on all the evils that too much clutter generates. Smiled at some of it too. The verse from John 15 is one that God used to encourage me several years ago during a spiritual de-cluttering season. Thank you for reminding me of it... perhaps a great time to mull over it again as we face a New Year. Thanks for all your thoughts which I will ponder on and apply as led. A Very Happy New Year to you Ruth and God bless.Anusha Atukoralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859837228901127984noreply@blogger.com