{"id":1562,"date":"2013-10-11T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T21:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshetablogs.wordpress.com\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2013-10-11T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T21:35:13","slug":"ordinary-adventures-of-a-jesus-girl-fmf-day-eleven-of-finding-my-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2013\/10\/ordinary-adventures-of-a-jesus-girl-fmf-day-eleven-of-finding-my-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordinary Adventures of A Jesus-Girl (FMF): Day Eleven of Finding My Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/fmfadventurepost.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1563 aligncenter\" alt=\"FMFAdventurepost\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/fmfadventurepost.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Friday y\u2019all!\u00a0 Date night is in less than three hours away\u2026yes!\u00a0 And it\u2019s time for FMF.\u00a0 On Fridays during these thirty days of tribe finding, I\u2019ll try to take Lisa-Jo Bakers Five Minute Friday prompt and work it into this tribe\u2019s distinctions and core convictions.\u00a0 Today\u2019s prompt is: ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rules:<\/p>\n<p>1: Write for five minutes<\/p>\n<p>2:\u00a0 Don\u2019t over think. Don\u2019t over-edit.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let yourself become overwhelmed.\u00a0 Just be real and rambly and wonderful you.<\/p>\n<p>3:\u00a0 Link back <a title=\" \" href=\"http:\/\/lisajobaker.com\/five-minute-friday\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here <\/a>and then encourage the rambly wonderful woman that linked up before you.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so for today\u2019s prompt, \u00a0I\u2019ve got this crazy idea, but work with me ok.\u00a0 It starts with a music video and an adventure.<\/p>\n<p><b>GO:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As soon as I read the word \u201cordinary\u201d, \u00a0I thought of my first car which I bought the summer before my sophomore year in college, a 2001 Honda Civic.\u00a0 I was paying monthly waaaaaay to much for that car, but it had the two amenities I wanted 1: A sunroof to feel the wind in my hair and add excitement on my commute to school and 2: a CD player because a girl has to jam!<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vanessa Carlton -  Ordinary Day Lyrics\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ngoKmZCZ4s4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>My favorite CD was Vanessa Carlton\u2019s \u201cBe Not Nobody\u201d with the poppy wonder hit, \u201cThousand Miles\u201d. The lesser-known equally wonder hit worthy, first track, \u201cOrdinary Day\u201d was what popped into my head to write about today.\u00a0 But really, guys, I have like three minutes to crank this idea out and hopefully my timer won\u2019t ding before I get to the good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>But here we go:<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201c<\/i><i>He said take my hand,<br>\nLive while you can\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Ordinary Day is all about a girl and a boy (both ordinary by the way, but any girl who can play the piano like Vanessa is so not ordinary, but\u2026I digress\u2026 and waste time) who go on an adventure together.\u00a0 He\u2019s mysterious yet trust-worthy wise and courageous. He\u2019s ordinary, yet something about him betrays how very extraordinary he is.<\/p>\n<p>And on this adventure, this ordinary day with an ordinary boy, she finds confidence, love, intimacy,\u00a0 and healing.<\/p>\n<p>The song ends with her waking in her bed, wondering was it all real, doubting the existence of that very special boy, and she looks up to find him at the door, hand extended, inviting her back on the adventure all over again.<\/p>\n<p>And I think about Jesus.\u00a0 I think about my picture of God that looks like ordinary, human, relate able Jesus.\u00a0 Creator God who took on a carpenter\u2019s skin. And I think about this love that is so not ordinary.\u00a0 As Sade puts it, \u201cthis is no ordinary love\u201d. His love is so great that he risks being heartbroken by his creation so that he can have an authentic relationships with us.\u00a0 I think about my Jesus who reaches out his hand to me every, single, ordinary day of my ordinary life and offers extraordinary confidence, intimacy, and healing.\u00a0 And I think about the time I doubt how this extraordinary God can love ordinary me. I think about the times I wonder, \u201cwas that real\u201d or \u201cis God even there\u201d.\u00a0 And I remember the times he stands at the doors and knocks, waiting for me to fling it wide open, take his outstretched hand and let him lead me on a new adventure.<\/p>\n<p><b>STOP<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And my time\u2019s up, but I\u2019ve got so much more to say about our picture of God and the adventure that is loving and living for Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0 But, I guess I have to save it all for next week\u2019s Campfire Conversations Friend, Describe our Tribe Leader and Kingdom Woman Warm Your Feet By This Fire, and Warrior Princess, We\u2019re in the Middle of Battlefield.\u00a0 Can\u2019t wait to talk more next week. This weekend, I\u2019ll post two prayers for unity to remind this tribe that we\u2019re members of the Jesus Tribe.<\/p>\n<p>Loving Extra-Ordinary You,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/signature1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1096\" alt=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/signature1.jpg\" width=\"153\" height=\"64\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/fmfadventurebutton.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1564\" alt=\"FMFAdventurebutton\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/fmfadventurebutton.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Friday y\u2019all!\u00a0 Date night is in less than three hours away\u2026yes!\u00a0 And it\u2019s time for FMF.\u00a0 On Fridays during these thirty days of tribe finding, I\u2019ll try to take Lisa-Jo Bakers Five Minute Friday prompt and work it into this tribe\u2019s distinctions and core convictions.\u00a0 Today\u2019s prompt is: ordinary. 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