{"id":4771,"date":"2013-02-08T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshetablogs.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/08\/fmf-bare-ly-there-church-planter"},"modified":"2013-02-08T14:41:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T19:41:00","slug":"fmf-bare-ly-there-church-planter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2013\/02\/fmf-bare-ly-there-church-planter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FMF: “Bare-ly There” Church Planter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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It\u2019s Friday, Friday, Snowmeggdon\u2019s coming on Friday! \u00a0(I so hope you read that hearing Rebecca Black\u2019s one hit wonder<\/a>) .\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Silly songs aside, it is Friday and time for another Five Minute Friday post. \u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n

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Today\u2019s word prompt was: bare. \u00a0I took a little creative license with it and had fun writing today\u2019s entry. I hope enjoy reading, \u201cBare-ly There Church Planter\u201d.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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1. Write for 5 minutes flat for pure unedited love of the written word.
2. Link back here<\/a> and invite others to join in.
3.\u00a0Go buck wild with encouragement for the five minuter who linked up before you.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Bare-ly There Church Planter<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

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When I think of the word \u201cbare\u201d, I think of the women intimates line called, \u201cBarely There\u201d.\u00a0 Maybe if this word prompt came last week, I\u2019d have a heartfelt post about baring my soul before God and being transparent in my relationships and writing, but not this week.\u00a0 My husband is in San Diego at a conference for our denomination and he\u2019s due back on Monday. It\u2019s usually right about this time I begin cleaning the house to welcome him home and buying a little somethin\u2019, somethin\u2019 to \u2026ahem<\/i>\u2026welcome<\/b><\/i> him home.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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Which is why frilly, pretty, sexy underthings are on the brain. I visited Barely There\u2019s the site for some inspiration for today\u2019s five minutes post and found\u2026.. nothing.\u00a0 Grrr!\u00a0 This week\u2019s entry is going to be a rambling mess of blah!\u00a0 But then I thought about the purpose of having \u201cbarely there\u201d underthings.\u00a0 The company\u2019s goal is to create undergarments that accentuate your positive, beautiful, glorious, go -\u2018head-girl-in-your-awesomeness body in an understated way (not great for creating wow-za moments for the hubby, but pretty helpful for a jeans and tshirt kinda day) . The bras and underwear are meant to support and help shape a more winsome you. \u201cBarely There\u2019s says they \u00a0\u201care ruffle, wrinkle, crinkle, line, tag and seam free<\/a>.\u201d Interesting, that the creators have decided that their underwear should decrease in frills, \u00a0so that our natural beauty may be increased.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0And I wonder where in the Bible have I heard of decreasing for the sake of increasing?\u00a0\u00a0John, who after his disciples came running to him and reporting that Jesus was doing the work (baptizing and teaching) he did and wanting to get a prideful rise out of him, said, \u201cI must decrease so that He must increase\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I think there\u2019s something there for me.\u00a0 On this church planting journey, I know they\u2019ll be moments when I want to say, \u201chey look at me in my awesome, frilly, pretty self! Check this way I\u2019ve served and that way I\u2019ve ministered!\u201d\u00a0 Maybe Jesus wants me to embrace being \u201cbarely there\u201d\u2014a support and help created to make the Body more winsome.\u00a0 Humility is hard and modesty isn\u2019t easy, but I think they help us tap into the heart of our Humble King who washed feet because he was so confident in His God-given identity.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Lord, help me decrease so that you may increase. Show me my God-given identity that emboldens me to serve in understated, behind the scenes, humble ways.\u00a0\u00a0Use me to support and help the Body, showing off her beauty.\u00a0 Help me, Lord be \u201cbarely there\u201d\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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A big snowstorm is coming towards Boston, so the kids and I are hunkered down in the house. \u00a0I\u2019ve got chicken cooking for homemade chicken noodle soup, shovel at the ready (and an unsuspecting ten year old to send out clear our back porch after the storm), and a story cubes to play with the kids once I\u2019m over hearing the TV in the background. \u00a0Please pray for me, this Southern girl loves the idea of snow more than the actual implications of it :).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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