{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"4215 Don't Pick the Bud","description":"You see it happening. Something in you is shifting \u2014 the way you pray, the way you respond, the way you hold your peace when you used to lose it. There\u2019s new growth forming in your spirit, and it\u2019s real. But before you rush to show the world, before you post it, proclaim it, or perform it for an audience, don\u2019t pick the bud. "The bloom\u2019s beauty comes from its budded heart that has had time to become. You can\u2019t rush what is not ready." ~ Kristianne Wargo 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 And that\u2019s where so many of us stumble. Not in the growing \u2014 we\u2019re doing that. The stumbling happens when we try to speed up what God is still shaping. We see the first green of something beautiful and we want to yank it into full flower overnight. We want the testimony before the test is over. We want the fruit before the season is finished. But that\u2019s not how any of it works \u2014 not in a garden, and not in your soul. Ecclesiastes 3:11 reminds us, \u201cHe has made everything beautiful in its time.\u201d Not in your time. Not when you feel ready. Not when someone else\u2019s bloom makes you feel behind. In His time. And His time has never once been late. Think about it like this. A rosebud doesn\u2019t open because someone pulls its petals apart. It opens because the sun, the soil, and the season all come together at the right moment. You are that bud. God is the gardener. And the process you\u2019re in? It\u2019s not a delay \u2014 it\u2019s development. The temptation is real, though, isn\u2019t it? You start doing the inner work, and something in you wants credit for it. You want people to see the change. You want validation that all this quiet wrestling has been worth it. But when you perform growth that hasn\u2019t fully settled, you end up exhausted \u2014 holding up a version of yourself that isn\u2019t finished yet and wondering why it feels so heavy. Some things need to stay between you and God a little longer. Not because they\u2019re secret, but because they\u2019re sacred. \u201cThe Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still\u201d (Exodus 14:14). Stillness isn\u2019t passive. It\u2019s protective. It gives your roots time to go deeper so that when the bloom does open, it holds. There\u2019s a difference between growing and performing growth. Growing is quiet. It happens in the mornings when nobody\u2019s watching, in the prayers you whisper in the car, in the choice to forgive before you feel like it. Performing growth is louder \u2014 it\u2019s the social media post about your healing journey before you\u2019ve actually healed, the declaration of change before the change has cost you anything. You don\u2019t owe anyone a progress report on your becoming. Galatians 6:9 says, \u201cLet us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.\u201d The proper time. Not the premature time. Not the \u201cI\u2019m tired of waiting\u201d time. The proper time. And that harvest? It\u2019s worth the wait. The K.I.S.S. ~ Let it unfold! So what does it look like to let your becoming stay unhurried this week? 1. Resist the Urge to announce, perform, or prove your growth \u2014 hold it quietly this week and let it deepen. The next time you feel the pull to share your progress with the world, pause and ask yourself: Am I sharing because this is ready, or because I need someone to tell me it\u2019s real? Your growth doesn\u2019t need an audience to be valid. God sees every inch of it. That\u2019s enough for now. Journal it instead. Pray over it. Let the roots go one layer deeper before you invite the wind. 2. Practice Patience with your own process by choosing one area where you stop pushing and simply allow. Maybe it\u2019s your prayer life \u2014 you\u2019ve been forcing discipline when what you really need is surrender. Maybe it\u2019s a relationship you keep trying to fix on your own timetable. Pick one thing this week where you consciously take your hands off the wheel and say, \u201cGod, I trust Your pace more than my plan.\u201d Patience isn\u2019t giving up. Patience is giving over. As the psalmist wrote, \u201cBe still before the Lord and wait patiently for him\u201d (Psalm 37:7). Practice that stillness. Let it teach you something. 3. Trust God\u2019s Timing for your reveal is better than yours \u2014 and rest in the waiting. Rest doesn\u2019t mean nothing is happening. Rest means you believe so deeply in the Gardener that you can stop trying to do His job. Think of it this way: a seed doesn\u2019t strain to become a tree. It simply stays planted and lets the process do its work. You are planted, not stalled. Hidden, not forgotten.  "A bloom forced open by human hands will wilt by morning. A bloom opened by the Son will stand through every season." ~ Kristianne Wargo Rest in that. Your reveal is coming \u2014 and it will be breathtaking because it will be ready. Impatience kills more growth than failure ever will. Failure just means you tried. Impatience means you didn\u2019t give what you tried time to become what it was meant to be. And you \u2014 the woman reading this right now \u2014 you are becoming something. Don\u2019t rob yourself of the fullness of it by rushing the reveal. Let the bud be a bud. Let the roots do their work. Let the quiet season finish what it started. Because when that bloom finally opens \u2014 and it will \u2014 it won\u2019t be forced. It won\u2019t be fragile. It will be the kind of beauty that only comes from a woman who trusted the process, stayed planted, and let God do what only God can 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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