{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"4180 The Soil No One Talks About","description":"People will tell you about the blooming, the breakthrough, and the moment they finally stepped into the calling God placed on their life, where everything clicks because He has been planning it all along. But nobody really talks about the soil no one talks about \u2014 the stuff underneath the surface that made the bloom possible in the first place. The seasons that felt more like a burial than planting. The prayers that seemed to bounce off the ceiling. The plans you laid out in good faith that God, in His gentle sovereignty, folded up and tucked away. And if you've been in one of those seasons \u2014 or maybe you're standing in one right now \u2014 you need to know that the ground is not wasted. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https:\/\/createyournow.com #WellspringWednesday #CreateYourNow #HealthAndWellness In the natural world, the richest soil on earth is made of broken-down things. Composted leaves. Fallen trees. Matter that once had shape and structure and purpose \u2014 until it didn't. Until it fell. Until it decomposed. And in that decomposition, something remarkable happened. The ground became fertile. It became soft. It became the kind of earth that could actually receive a seed and do something with it. Your life works the same way. The grief you carried when a relationship didn't survive. The disappointment that sat on your chest when a door closed you were sure God had opened. The quiet ache of a season that simply didn't turn out the way you asked Him for, not because He wasn't listening, but because He was building something you couldn't see from where you were standing. Romans 8:28 tells us, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." All things. Not just the beautiful things. Not just the breakthrough things. The hard things. The composted things. The seasons that felt like they were falling apart. God was always working. I think about this sometimes when I look at the woman I'm becoming and try to trace the line back. And you know what I find? The steadiest, most rooted parts of who I am today didn't come from the easy seasons. They came from the ones I wouldn't wish on anyone. The ones where I had to surrender a dream I'd been holding so tightly my knuckles were white. The ones where I cried out, "God, I don't understand," and the only answer I got was, "Trust Me." And here's the thing about that kind of trust \u2014 it doesn't feel holy in the moment. It feels like loss. It feels like giving up. But surrender and giving up are not the same thing, and you need to hold that distinction close to your heart today. Giving up says, "There's nothing left." Surrender says, "I'm placing this in hands bigger than mine." One is an ending. The other is an offering. Isaiah 61:3 speaks of God giving us "a crown of beauty instead of ashes." It's the whole thing of "instead of." That means the ashes have to exist first. The burnt-down thing has to be acknowledged. You can't trade in what you refuse to name. So let it feed the ground. The K.I.S.S. ~ Let it feed the ground! All the stuff that you didn't think mattered actually does in the long run. And God is there putting all the puzzle pieces together. So here's a question for you today, my friend \u2014 what are you carrying that you haven't yet released into the soil? ACKNOWLEDGE one loss, disappointment, or surrendered expectation that you've been carrying without processing. Don't overdramatize it. Don't minimize it. Just name it \u2014 to yourself and to God. "This is what I carried. This is what it cost me." PRAY over it \u2014 not to get it back, but to release it into God's hands as soil for what's coming. You might say something like, "Lord, I don't fully understand why this season happened, but I trust that You waste nothing. Take this and make the ground ready." JOURNAL one sentence that begins with: "Because of that season, I now know..." Let that sentence surprise you. Let it show you what was composting beneath the surface all along \u2014 strength, wisdom, compassion, clarity \u2014 gifts that only grow in that kind of soil. The woman you are becoming is not in spite of those hard seasons. She is, in many ways, because of them. Not because the pain was good, but because God is good \u2014 and He knows exactly how to turn broken-down things into the richest ground your life has ever known. You are not buried beneath your burdens. You are planted. And the soil beneath you \u2014 every surrendered plan, every composted dream, every tear that watered ground you couldn't yet see \u2014 is doing exactly what it was meant to do. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   \ud83d\udd14 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https:\/\/createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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