196. Before You Bloom: When You Cannot See Progress

by Julie Lefebure | May 6, 2025 | Podcast

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?

Before You Bloom: When You Cannot See Progress | small seedling growing through dirt

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 trust and time.

Click on the player above to listen to the full 19-minute episode.

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.