tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68215463900166659932024-02-19T20:10:02.844-05:00. . . and live a life of love. . .I am not skilled at networking or a great public speaker. My gifts do not lie in managing paperwork or running a company. I just really love God and really love people. This is just about the random things I do to try and live that out.Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-25411881428887740282020-04-12T13:27:00.004-04:002020-04-12T20:44:14.286-04:00Easter
This morning, by my own unscientific estimate, millions of Americans got online and watched Easter services. Pastors and their families presented themselves in starched outfits, smiling with the excitement of Easter Sunday.
Growing up, Easter was always an odd holiday for me. Shredded green plastic to resemble grass and blocks of cheap chocolate Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-20692071006441911662016-05-08T22:31:00.000-04:002016-05-08T22:42:07.434-04:00Daryl Dixon Got Me Through Mothers' Day
When your zombie-eyed dog snuggles you while watching zombies....its a perfect moment.
I've been watching a LOT of The Walking Dead lately. And by a LOT and LATELY, I mean I started at 0 and am halfway through season six, in under a month. Healthy, no way. Surviving, absolutely.
The thing is. Hope. Hope is the thing. Every episode is full of gore and pain and death. And yet, you never Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-59251881736383705422016-01-19T23:07:00.000-05:002016-01-19T23:33:32.698-05:00What about James?"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.....Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you." James 4:7~10"
This really doesn't sound like the abundant life I've heard Jesus came to give us. But it must beMegan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-64121733723393841242015-09-27T09:25:00.000-04:002015-09-27T09:25:25.251-04:00Last Bell - Serving the Orphans of UkraineI wrote this entry after being asked by Last Bell to share about my trip. It will be included in their organization's newsletter.
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p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-65529801944112023352014-04-30T00:20:00.001-04:002014-04-30T22:13:21.830-04:00This Life....It Isn't Easy.
Psalm 13 - The Message
(1-2)Long enough, God—
you’ve ignored me long enough.
I’ve looked at the back of
your head
long enough. Long enough
I’ve carried this ton of
trouble,
lived with a stomach full of pain.
Long enough my arrogant
enemies
have looked down their noses at me.
(3-4)Take a good look at
me,Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-14307818263553661582013-12-23T00:22:00.002-05:002013-12-23T00:45:48.727-05:0013 Ways My Life Changed in 2013This blog has been long abandoned this year....as I have been incredibly busy with so many wonderful things. Phew, God has turned my world upside down and made it into something beyond what I could have hoped for or imagined. Here I sit, in December, having no idea why it feels like New Years was yesterday. Here are 13 reasons that I am a different person than I was on January 1st.
1)I have Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-60676835864052059962013-02-23T13:59:00.001-05:002013-02-23T17:03:38.362-05:00The Day We Spent with the TalibesIf you have been anywhere within earshot of me in the past month, you know that I am in Senegal right now. This place has overtaken so much of my heart it is ridiculous. When I think about this place, the people here, and the things I have seen God do, my heart literally flutters.
As I write this, we are sitting in the hotel Massa Massa ('sorry sorry' in French - I have no idea about the naming)Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-89368081700062883392012-08-19T19:37:00.001-04:002012-08-19T19:37:37.024-04:00Oh, How He Loves Us . . ."I just want to be loved."
These words were spoken to me by a client one day, the first day I met her actually. We had spent about four hours together talking about her life. She had turned 18 only two weeks before, and thus had been kicked out of her foster/adoptive home two weeks prior to our meeting.
This met my ears with a flood of emotion, and a flood of memories. Memories of moments whereMegan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-68941217908920218372012-07-05T20:55:00.001-04:002012-07-05T21:18:28.765-04:00I really have no idea what I'm doing....Relational support.
That sums up much of my role at Outreach, Inc. When it comes to case management, obtaining IDs, job searches, etc. I 'pass the kids on' to other workers. So my job? Relational support. Support them relationally.
Seems simple, right? Sometimes I feel like I should be DOING more...have more notes, process more paperwork, keep big bulky files of documentation of every moment ofMegan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-18011927955175908862012-06-05T17:51:00.000-04:002012-06-05T18:06:06.009-04:00Little Moments. . . Huge GiftsI am not a robot.
Therefore, I have emotional reactions to things. In this new endeavor there have been many moments when my body just wants to go somewhere alone and talk with God. Our conversation in those moments would mostly be (and has been) - - - "Wow. Are you SURE you want me doing this?"
The past week of digging in and really connecting with kids and hearing their stories has been hard.Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-24737602700767866892012-05-30T00:04:00.000-04:002012-05-30T00:30:16.483-04:00Night Street Lessons
Tonight I dove deeper into developing my role at Outreach. I went on a hunt of sorts. L, my fellow outreach worker, took me to a camp nestled between the mega-million dollar Lucas Oil Stadium (home of Superbowl XLVI) and the White River. There we encountered a strip of land known to some as "the Jungle".
We hunched down and went under the bridge on one side to see a scattering of used up Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-40493502218282310422012-05-28T10:48:00.002-04:002012-05-28T11:01:07.023-04:00New Season! New Excitement!
Phew! It has been YEARS since my last post! I have been blessed beyond measure for a season of life in a church where I rested and grew and enjoyed phenomenal fellowship! Calvary Fellowship Church is officially my "home" where I feel rooted and loved. . .
But now. . . I am back out :) With my love, with my heart - in the city! Philly molded me, shaped me, HUMBLED me and brought me to an Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-60744453039896405472010-05-18T08:37:00.002-04:002010-05-18T08:50:06.632-04:00Updates :)Wellllll, this blog was originally about my Philly loves and my love for Philly. . . but since God has other plans for me then to spend all of my days with them, I turn my eyes heavenward and get really excited for what He does have planned. I think it's better that He keeps me in the dark sometimes because if I knew everything, I would try to do it all on my own - and we know how that would end Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-34781663481468941092010-02-25T21:16:00.002-05:002010-02-25T21:34:57.650-05:00Laughter"You turned my wailing into dancing...you clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever." Psalm 30:11-12 I listened to someone speak recently about how firmly we can pronounce our faith, stand strong in it - testify the strength of God without blinking an eye - and then when the storm comes - we panic. Like the disciples on theMegan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-42134791814644999322010-02-14T23:20:00.002-05:002010-02-15T00:05:47.713-05:00A man's steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand his own way?The title is from Proverbs 20:24 . . .It pretty much sums up where I am sitting and what I am thinking right now. This blog was originally about my kids in North Philly. Quickly and boldly, God brought that season of my life to an end. Though the loss of consistency and connectedness with the kids was painful, I know that the transition was part of the Father working. Through this transition timeMegan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-28170319156898083102009-12-23T11:22:00.003-05:002009-12-23T11:33:56.645-05:00Scenes from 202Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-77373491916559728232009-11-19T10:59:00.004-05:002009-11-19T11:15:53.958-05:00ONE12 months ago, I learned I could love a little deeper then I ever imagined.She is growing so fast!Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-18255203349121419652009-11-13T11:42:00.006-05:002009-11-13T12:21:48.197-05:00A Season to RefocusSo my days at the mission have come to an end. Although this was one of the most difficult decisions I have ever made, I see (pardon the Christianese I am about to use) God's hand in it. I have learned so many things.Having spent a lot of time recently on the worlds of skype and gchat with friends who are overseas, the idea of back stories has been prevalent in my mind. We have discussed the Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-27973324956247318442009-09-02T00:25:00.002-04:002009-09-02T00:34:36.525-04:00SeptemberOhh how facebook works. . . . I got some random application invite for a 'traveling balloon'. . . this one was to recognize september as childhood cancer awareness month. i don't think i could be more aware of anything in september then childhood cancer. it will be one year this month that ebony passed away. as much as we know the truth of the Gospel that there is eternal life for those who Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-40337780049816975562009-08-19T02:47:00.007-04:002009-08-27T00:42:00.486-04:00READ THISI know I have like 3 faithful followers of this blog - but those of you that do. . .can you please read/view this one?Thank you, and much love.rachel goes to africaMegan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-17808285663669772392009-08-19T01:39:00.007-04:002009-08-27T00:43:35.970-04:00Talks With ToriI love my friends. . . one of the things I love is how they spoil me with quality time like that chubby kid who shouldn't have the ice cream cone, but he is just so cute with those cheeks when he asks for it. They know I suck up waaaay too much of their lives with my whining for quality time, but they cave and give it to me anyway. Love them!Enter Tori D. Seriously one of the hottest girls you Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-5525399333584146552009-08-18T18:34:00.005-04:002009-08-27T00:43:04.652-04:00None of this is me. . . .Some of you know that I am madly in love with John Piper. I say this half-jokingly. I just love his passion, his technique and his testimony. He has been doing what He has been doing faithfully through all the drama of all the big names in Evangelical Christianity. You never hint an arrogance, or a thought of deserving to do what he does, just a faithfulness to continue. As I think about how Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-14089845645162344322009-08-15T14:52:00.004-04:002009-08-27T00:42:44.506-04:00What I Found CleaningSo I cleaned out some boxes today. . . boxes that have been packed since I moved from Scranton. In one of those boxes was a journal, one of my first where I was really honest with the Lord about my life and where it was going once I had committed it to Him. It was so eye opening to look and see the journey since that point.I was a sophmore in college. I had started working with the Scranton Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-46014279600080700292009-08-13T19:05:00.007-04:002009-08-27T00:44:09.121-04:00My Day With MyeishaSo here's the story. . . we planned a day painting pottery. As we got to the location of 'Color Me Mine' in Elkin's Park, I called them to tell them we were coming and discovered the number had been disconnected, sooooo we had to go elsewhere. The only place I knew of was The Painted Plate in West Chester. I called Keyhana (Myeisha's mom) and she said that she trusted me, and to not worry about Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821546390016665993.post-78896629193543608082009-07-30T01:16:00.006-04:002009-08-27T00:44:30.475-04:00Are There Projects in Heaven?Those of you who follow me on Twitter (ahhhhh Twitter . . . ) know that Wednesdays are by far my favorite night of the week. This is when the girls come over to my house for Bible Study. The sweetest times we have with the girls are during these nights. I love love love it because it is without excuse the time when we present them with truth - pure truth. We hand out Bibles, open them up and Megan Flinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217670684597837859noreply@blogger.com0