Flipping the Upside-Down

God has been working on my heart this week as we send both boys to Manhattan and begin this exciting new phase of our lives.  And as I cleaned the basement bathroom knowing this time it would stay clean for a while, God kept giving me these words to make sense of this transition.  I love how He sees a small town mama’s heart. ❤️

Fullness in the empty.

Joy when we are sad.

A whisper in the quiet.

God can flip the upside down. 

A light in the shadows.

An oasis in the desert.

The calm in the storm.

God can flip the upside down. 

The order in the chaos.

The color in the gray.

The laughter in the tears.

God can flip the upside down.  

The comfort in the pain.

An assurance when in doubt.

Hope when all seems not.

God can flip the upside down. 

~ tmccabe, 2022

The Harvest

 

The harvest wouldn’t be the same

If we didn’t have to wait.

To witness something oh so small,

Bloom into something so very great. 

It’s in the tending and the growing

Placing it in God’s caring hands. 

Where all the time and love we’ve sown

Reveals God’s ever present plans.

The seeds are not ours to keep

For they’ll never multiply. 

Every seed must be planted

For it to reach for the sky.

So, as we start the harvest, 

We prepare to begin anew. 

Giving thanks for all the things

That God alone knew and grew. 

~ tmccabe, 2022

Finding Firsts in the Lasts

 

I stand here with my hands clenched fast

Memories playing through my mind

Desperately wanting to hold on tight

To when I held your hand in mine.

 

And as the tears quietly fall

I’m so proud of who you’ve become.

In disbelief how fast it’s gone

Now an emptiness to overcome.

 

I’m excited for the future

But it’s the “lasts” I focus on.

Mourning all that will not be

All the changes when you’re gone. 

 

But maybe if I switch it

Finding the “firsts” within the “lasts”

The future will look brighter

When I’m not dwelling on the past.

 

For the “firsts” are a blessing

A celebration of what once was

A moving forward in God’s plan

Not in spite of but because.

 

Because of your decisions,

Your hard work, your growing up.

Because your heart holds Jesus

It runneth over, that’s my cup.

 

So when the tears sneak down my face

It’s all the love I have for you.

For I know our God, our Father,

Has greater plans for you to do.