Tend to What You Planted Devotional | Nurture Your Faith

This post is part of my Season 2 podcast series — Gardening as a Metaphor for Life. In this season of the Unscripted Conversations podcast, we’re exploring how God uses life’s seasons, storms, and growth to teach us deeper truths about faith, trust, and His perfect timing. If you’re looking for encouragement today, this tend to what you planted devotional will inspire you to nurture what God is growing in your life.

Hey sweet friends — today we’re leaning in to a message that’s been on my heart lately: how do we tend to what we’ve planted?

In Season 2, Episode 2 of my Unscripted Conversations podcast, we’re diving into what it looks like to care for the seeds of faith, hope, and purpose that God has placed in our lives — even when the growth feels slow or unseen.

Life gets busy, seasons shift, and sometimes we stop tending to what God started. But here’s the truth: what we water will grow. And tending is where the real transformation happens.

Tend to What You Planted Devotional

Think about a garden. After the seeds are planted, that’s just the beginning. The gardener has to come back — day after day — to tend, water, pull weeds, and protect what’s growing.

Our faith is much the same way. It’s not a one-time planting. It’s an ongoing process of tending to what God is growing in us — even when progress feels slow or unseen.

“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” — Galatians 6:9 NLT

Sometimes life’s storms or distractions creep in like weeds. Doubt, discouragement, comparison — they try to choke out what God is doing.

But tending isn’t about perfection. It’s about faithfulness. It’s about showing up with what you have — trusting God to bring the growth.

“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.” — John 15:4 NLT

How to Tend to What You Planted

Here are some simple ways I’m learning to tend my faith — maybe they’ll encourage you, too:

🌿 Stay in the Word

Let God’s truth be the water that nourishes your soul. Even small moments in Scripture make a big difference.

🌸 Practice presence

Be present in your current season. Instead of longing for the next thing, ask: “Lord, how can I be faithful here?”

🌱 Pull the weeds

Identify what’s distracting or discouraging you — and give it to God. Clearing space allows growth to flourish.

🌞 Keep showing up

Progress isn’t always visible. But every moment you tend to your faith matters — trust that God is working beneath the surface.

Tend to What You Planted Devotional: Key Takeaways

✅ You can trust God’s timing
✅ Faith grows through daily tending
✅ God is working even when you can’t see it
✅ Stay faithful — small steps matter!

Listen to the Full Podcast Episode

If this message encouraged your heart today, I’d love for you to listen to the full episode!

Reflect & Respond

Have you stopped tending to something God asked you to grow?
Maybe it’s a dream… a prayer life… a relationship… or even your faith.
This episode was a nudge to pick the watering can back up — gently and honestly.
What’s one area God’s inviting you to return to right now?
Drop it in the comments below — your honesty may spark someone else’s hope.

Missed Episode 1?

Be sure to read Season 2, Episode 1: “Bloom Where You Are Planted” first — it sets the foundation for today’s message!

Ready for the next part of this season?

Episode 3 – When the Storm Hits: Finding Faith When Life Gets Hard

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Thank you so much for spending this time with me today, friend. I pray this tend to what you planted devotional encouraged your heart and inspired you to keep nurturing what God is growing in this season. Until next time — keep tending, keep trusting, and keep blooming in His grace. 💛