196. Before You Bloom: When You Cannot See Progress
If you're feeling insignificant or your efforts aren't producing results, this is for you.
We begin a new series in this new month: Bloom Where You're Planted, and in this episode Julie leads us to hope when we cannot see progress in our lives. Just like a seed planted in soil, it appears as if nothing is happening underground. But this doesn't mean progress isn't taking place. The same goes with us! Listen in to be encouraged. Join Abundant Life Mentor, Julie Lefebure, each Tuesday morning as she offers real encouragement for your real life right now through a fresh, hope-filled perspective, a lighthearted inspiration, and Biblical insight, all in about 15 minutes (guest shows are longer). Each episode will lift your spirits and equip you to be a light in this world. Find extra encouragement at julielefebure.com/resources/.
We begin a new series in this new month: Bloom Where You're Planted, and in this episode Julie leads us to hope when we cannot see progress in our lives. Just like a seed planted in soil, it appears as if nothing is happening underground. But this doesn't mean progress isn't taking place. The same goes with us! Listen in to be encouraged. Join Abundant Life Mentor, Julie Lefebure, each Tuesday morning as she offers real encouragement for your real life right now through a fresh, hope-filled perspective, a lighthearted inspiration, and Biblical insight, all in about 15 minutes (guest shows are longer). Each episode will lift your spirits and equip you to be a light in this world. Find extra encouragement at julielefebure.com/resources/.
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We all have seasons where life feels slow, hidden, or far from where we hoped we’d be. But what if the very place you’re in right now—the ordinary, overlooked, or even uncomfortable—was the exact soil God chose for you to bloom?
In this three-part series this month, Bloom Where You're Planted, we’re leaning into God’s process of growth. Whether you’re waiting for something to change, wrestling with where you’ve been placed, or wondering if your life is making any impact at all, this series is for you.
We’ll explore what it means to trust God with the unseen, stay rooted in every season, and bear fruit that brings Him glory—right where you are. You don’t have to wait for better soil or a different season. God is doing something beautiful in you. Right here. Right now. Even when you cannot see progress.
When you cannot see progress, it doesn't mean nothing is happening. Just like with tiny seeds ready to be planted in soil, God is at work before the blooming begins. You and I can trust this to be true.
We look at God's process of growth: how He works in hidden places, how small is not insignificant, and how growth takes time and trust.
Where in your life do you feel small or unseen right now? Where are you tempted to give up showing up because you cannot see progress or growth? What would it look like to trust God instead?
God sees you if you're feeling buried under the dirt today. He knows you're there. And He rejoices in the beginning work He’s doing in you.
I invite you back next week to our second episode in our Bloom Where You're Planted series when we look at While You Bloom: How to Flourish Where You Are. I promise it'll be an impactful episode.
God bless you.
Links in this episode:
- Zechariah 4:10 NLT
- Lamentations 3:25-26 VOICE
- Find my books Right Now Matters and the Right Now Matters Bible Study
- Check out my 1-on-1 mentoring: Abundant Life Mentoring
- Access my free Resource Library to help you live encouraged and inspired
- Watch the Encouragement for Real Life Podcast on YouTube
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