As autumn fades and Advent approaches, Sanda invites you into a conversation about progress, purpose, and planting hope in the middle of change. From chopping down an old tree to make space for a new pottager garden to building four raised beds with a circular one at the center, she shares how clearing, planning, and preparing the soil mirror the spiritual work of faith and surrender. This episode launches the new G.R.A.C.E. Framework—a five-part rhythm for spiritual and practical growth—and begins with the first step: G = Grounded in Gratitude.Through stories from her garden and her ministry, Sanda reminds us that hope isn’t found in perfection but in progress, and that God redeems time “in the minutes we have, not in the hours we don’t.” 🌸 What You’ll Learn How to stay grounded in gratitude when everything is “in progress.” Why clearing space (in soil or soul) is often the first act of hope. The power of recognizing God’s hand in unfinished places. Simple garden + spiritual practices to anchor your week: planting herbs, leaving one task unfinished, lighting a candle of expectancy. How gratitude becomes grace when it moves outward in generosity. 🌿 Key Scriptures Psalm 65:9-11 (NIV) — “You crown the year with Your bounty.” Romans 15:13 (NIV) — “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him.” 🌾 Rooted Practice Challenge 1️⃣ Plant something small—indoors or out—as a symbol of hope.2️⃣ Name three areas of your life that are still “in progress,” and thank God for each one.3️⃣ Leave one thing unfinished this week on purpose; let grace fill the middle.4️⃣ Light a candle each night and pray, “Redeem my minutes, Lord.”5️⃣ Share one word of encouragement with someone waiting for their own harvest. ✨ Invitation — Advent in the Garden ($5 / Pay What You Can) If your soul is craving stillness and beauty this season, join Sanda for Advent in the Garden—a 25-day devotional journey through Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. You’ll receive:🌿 Daily short videos + reflections🌿 A printable Advent journal🌿 Saturday live gatherings to reflect and pray It’s Sanda’s Advent gift to you—offered for only $5 or whatever you can give.Come plant hope with her this December and discover how tending your soil can help you tend your soul. 👉 Sign-up link coming soon! 🌾 Key Quote “I’m learning that time is redeemed in the minutes I have, not the hours I don’t. Progress is holy ground.”

In this Rooted Moment, Sanda slows us down for a simple yet sacred truth: rest itself can become prayer. Drawing from Psalm 65:9–11 and Psalm 119:169–170, she invites you to see your quiet garden—and your quiet soul—as places where the Gardener is still at work. Beneath South Texas soil, peas climb, collards stretch, onions strengthen, and God listens to every unspoken cry of the heart. Through three gentle movements—Soften the Furrows, Feed the Roots, and Lift the Leaves—you’ll learn how rest, prayer, and growth intertwine as Advent approaches. This short devotional companion to Episode 37 (The November Garden Examen) will help you breathe, listen, and let the soil of your spirit stay soft before the coming Light. 🌸 Key Takeaways & Highlights Psalm 65 reminds us: God still waters and blesses even resting soil. Psalm 119 shows us: prayer is often a cry for understanding, not perfection. How “holy hush” and gentle work coexist in the late-fall garden. Three Rooted Movements:1️⃣ Soften the Furrows – let prayer loosen hard ground.2️⃣ Feed the Roots – nourish hidden strength with Scripture.3️⃣ Lift the Leaves – turn toward Light and promise. Practical garden + soul practices you can try this week. 🌿 Rooted Challenge 1️⃣ Read Psalm 119:169–170 each morning or night.2️⃣ Spend 10 quiet minutes outdoors—listen, don’t plan.3️⃣ Journal two lines: “Lord, this is my cry…” and “This is Your promise.” 🌟 Invitation to Advent in the Garden Advent is almost here — and so is our 25-day journey of hope, peace, joy, and love.🌿 Join Sanda for daily videos, reflections, and simple garden practices that will help you root deeply in God’s presence this season. 👉Advent in the Garden Devotional - link coming soon!  ✨ Key Quote for Show Notes “Rest isn’t silence; it’s conversation—the soil breathing prayers you can’t yet put into words.”

🌿 Summary / Episode Description In this gentle transition between seasons, Sanda invites you into a November Garden Examen — a quiet, 5-pillar reflection for your soil and your soul. While the garden rests (at least in theory), there’s still life stirring under the South Texas sky — peas and collards stretching, onions thickening, sage standing strong. Beneath it all, the Gardener is preparing the way for new birth. Through the five pillars — Remember, Release, Restore, Root, and Rejoice — Sanda helps you look back with gratitude, let go with grace, and lean forward with vision. This episode is both a sacred pause and a soft preparation for what’s coming next: Advent in the Garden, a 25-day devotional experience of hope, peace, joy, and love. Come walk the garden paths of reflection, rest, and renewal. The year may be closing, but God’s work in you is just beginning. 🪴 Episode Highlights Psalm 65:9–11 — “You crown the year with Your bounty.” The quiet tension between rest and readiness What the South Texas garden teaches about faith that keeps working underground How to practice a personal “Garden Examen” before Advent begins Why work can be a form of holy rest when done with vision and grace Five Pillars for your November Reset:🌾 Remember | Look back with gratitude🌾 Release | Let go of what’s done🌾 Restore | Let God refresh the ground🌾 Root | Reconnect with the Source🌾 Rejoice | Celebrate the faithfulness 🌸 Rooted Practice Challenge 1️⃣ Remember — Write one gratitude line for every month of this year.2️⃣ Release — Compost one plant, one worry, or one perfectionist thought.3️⃣ Restore — Take one true Sabbath hour outdoors.4️⃣ Root — Write your 2026 “Vision & Values” page in your journal.5️⃣ Rejoice — Light a garden candle and thank God aloud for sustaining you. 🌟 Coming Soon: Advent in the Garden Beginning December 1, join Sanda for a 25-day devotional experience that weaves daily videos, Scripture reflections, and simple garden-inspired practices around the four themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Each day will help you slow down, notice beauty, and rediscover God’s gentle presence in your own backyard. 🌿 Sign up to the email list to be the first one to get the regisration link! Subscribers get a FREE Yearly Garden Calendar! 🎁 Includes a free “Day One” sample download when you join! 🌾 Key Quote from the Episode “Even rest, for a gardener, is never idle; it’s intention in disguise. Work is an essential part of rest when the heart stays in rhythm with the Creator.” 🙏 Closing Prayer “Lord of the Harvest, teach us to remember Your mercy,release what’s finished without fear,and let every plan we draw and every bed we widenbe an act of worship — a vision written plainly in faith.”

📖 Scripture Anchor “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines… yet I will rejoice in the Lord.” — Habakkuk 3:17–19 🌿 Episode Summary The harvest is over, the beds are quiet, and the air has turned cool—but God’s work in the soil (and in our souls) never stops. 🌾 In this tender Rooted Moment, Sanda invites you to pause between seasons, breathe deeply, and rediscover the quiet joy that grows in waiting. Rooted in Habakkuk 3:17–19, this guided reflection and prayer will help you find peace in the “in-between” and recognize that even when the garden looks bare, God’s grace is still alive beneath the surface. You’ll hear stories of peas, violas, and herbs pushing through cool soil in South Texas, and receive gentle encouragement for your own winter garden—inside and out. 🌾 In This Episode, You’ll Discover: 🌿 The spiritual meaning of “Even here, I will rejoice” from Habakkuk’s prayer 💧 How to find God’s presence in seasons of rest and waiting 🌸 Practical late-fall and winter gardening tips for hope-filled hands 🪴 A breath prayer and journaling reflection to nurture inner peace ✨ How hidden roots and quiet faith sustain new growth in your life 📖 Supporting Scriptures Habakkuk 3:17–19 — Joy that defies circumstance Psalm 126:5 — “Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.” Isaiah 30:15 — “In quietness and trust is your strength.” Matthew 6:28–29 — “Consider the lilies…” 💛 Continue Growing 🌱 Visit the garden online: southernsoilsunshine.com — explore devotionals, garden guides, and printable reflections for your season of growth. 💬 Join the community: Share your faith and gardening journey with kindred spirits inside the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook group.👉 Join here 🌾 Favorite Quote from the Episode “The fig tree may not bud, but faith still blooms. God’s grace is alive beneath the surface—quietly, faithfully, beautifully.”

When the harvest looks smaller than you hoped and your heart feels tired, God still invites you to rejoice.In this deeply reflective episode, Sanda closes the Fall Growth Arch with the H-step — Harvest & Heal. Standing in her South Texas garden after long rains, she watches new seedlings of peas, parsley, dill, violas, sage, and collards push through the soil and remembers: the cycle of grace never ends. From pickled green tomatoes saved from a garden long left behind to compost that feeds unseen life, every story in this episode mirrors the truth of Habakkuk 3 — even when nothing seems to bloom, the Gardener is still good. You’ll learn to gather joy and healing through five spiritual pillars: Gratitude, Growth, Grace, Generosity, and Glory.Each one weaves practical gardening wisdom with soul-restoring truth so you can celebrate the fruit you see and trust God for the work still hidden underground. 🌾 In This Episode You’ll Discover 🌿 Why gratitude is the first harvest of a healed heart 💧 How unseen growth—like composting soil—mirrors God’s quiet renewal ✨ The peace of grace: releasing control and trusting divine timing 🪴 How generosity multiplies both joy and healing 🌸 How to turn every season—barren or blooming—into glory and worship 🌱 Rooted Practice for the Week Create your Harvest & Heal Inventory: 1️⃣ Column one – Harvest: What blessings or breakthroughs grew this season?2️⃣ Column two – Heal: What still needs God’s restoration? Draw arrows between them — notice how your harvest and healing often grow from the same soil.Close with a simple prayer: “Lord, thank You for the fruit I can see and the grace still unfolding beneath the surface.” 📖 Supporting Scriptures Habakkuk 3:17-19 — Joy in barren seasons 1 Corinthians 3:7 — God makes things grow 2 Corinthians 12:9 — His grace is sufficient Matthew 11:28 — Rest for the weary Luke 6:38 — Giving that overflows 💛 Continue Growing 🌱 Visit the garden online: southernsoilsunshine.com — find devotionals, garden guides, and printable reflections for every season.💬 Join the community: Share your own harvest stories inside the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook group 🌾 Favorite Quote from the Episode “The garden and the soul share one truth: when something dies down, something else rises up. God’s grace never stops growing.”

🎧 Listen Now “I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.” — Psalm 119:58 When the season feels dry and your spirit feels weary, this Rooted Moment offers a quiet invitation to rest, breathe, and receive grace. In this guided reflection, Sanda leads you through a meditative pause inspired by Psalm 119:58 — helping you release striving and rediscover the slow, healing rhythm of tending grace. You’ll walk through a spiritual visualization rooted in the five pillars of tending: Presence, Protection, Pruning, Repurposing, and Perseverance.Each one becomes a prayer, a breath, and a small act of surrender — reminding you that God’s grace is already at work beneath the surface. 🌾 In This Episode, You’ll Experience: 🌿 A peaceful guided meditation anchored in Psalm 119:58 💧 How to find stillness and spiritual renewal when life feels dry 🪴 A reflective practice to align your heart with God’s presence and promises ☀️ Encouragement for weary gardeners and women of faith learning to rest in grace 🌱 Rooted Practice for the Week Set aside 10 quiet minutes in your day.Breathe deeply, and pray: “Lord, teach me to tend with grace, not striving.To water slowly. To trust deeply. To rest in Your promise.” Then, write this question in your journal: “Where in my life am I seeking God’s face — and where am I resisting His grace?” Let your honest answer become your prayer this week. 🌿 📖 Scripture Anchors Psalm 119:58 — “I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.”Psalm 63:1 — “I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land.”Psalm 121:5 — “The Lord watches over you; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.” 💛 Continue Growing 🌱 Visit the garden online: southernsoilsunshine.com — explore devotionals, garden guides, and printable reflections for your faith journey. 💬 Join the community: Come connect with other women cultivating faith and peace in every season inside the Rooted in Grace Facebook group.👉 Join here 🌾 Favorite Quote from the Episode “You don’t have to be perfect to tend well. You just have to stay soft enough for grace to reach your roots.”

🎧 Listen Now “I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.” — Psalm 119:58 When the season feels too hot, too dry, or too demanding, how do you keep tending what God has entrusted to you? In this powerful new episode of the Rooted in Grace Podcast, Sanda invites you into a conversation about tending — the sacred middle ground between neglect and burnout. Through Scripture, story, and soul-deep reflection, she shares how to keep seeking God’s grace even when the ground feels cracked and your energy is running low. From a dry Texas October to the lessons hidden in basil seeds and tomato vines, this episode will remind you that tending isn’t about perfection — it’s about presence, protection, pruning, repurposing, and perseverance. 🌾 In This Episode, You’ll Learn: 🌿 The heart behind Psalm 119:58 and what it means to seek God’s face in weary seasons 💧 How tending begins with presence — showing up and slowing down ☀️ Why protection (boundaries and rest) is a spiritual discipline, not a luxury ✂️ How pruning frees us to bear more fruit, both in our gardens and our hearts 🪴 The power of repurposing — reimagining what God can do with old spaces and dreams 🌾 How perseverance transforms exhaustion into trust 🌿 Rooted Practice for the Week Create your Tending Inventory — a journal page divided into five small “garden beds”:Presence • Protection • Pruning • Repurposing • Perseverance In each one, ask: What’s thriving here? What’s thirsty or neglected? What needs pruning or rest? Spend a few minutes in prayer, asking God to water the areas that need grace the most. 📖 Scripture Anchors Psalm 119:58 — “I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.”John 15:2 — “Every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.”Galatians 6:9 — “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” 💛 Continue Growing 🌱 Visit the garden online: southernsoilsunshine.com — explore devotionals, garden guides, and faith-based reflections. 💬 Join the community: Connect with other women learning to cultivate peace and purpose in every season inside the Rooted in Grace Facebook group.👉 Join here 🌾 Favorite Quote from the Episode “Tending isn’t about fixing everything — it’s about loving what’s already in your care.” ✨ Listen & Share If this episode spoke to your heart, share it with a friend who’s feeling weary in her season of tending.And don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a moment of grace. 🌿 #RootedInGrace #FaithAndGardening #ChristianGardening #GrowInGrace #TendYourGarden #PeaceInTheProcess #SpiritualGrowth #ChristianWomen

🎧 Listen Now Peace isn’t waiting at the end of the road — it’s being planted under your feet right now. In this week’s Rooted Moment, you are invited to pause, breathe, and plant peace in the soil you already have — your home, your relationships, and your daily rhythms. 🌾 Episode Overview This gentle reflection pairs with Episode 31: Work What You’ve Got in the Fall Growth Arch. It’s a guided moment to slow down and recognize that the soil you have today is holy ground — the place where God’s peace is already growing. 🌱 You’ll Experience A meditation on Jeremiah 29:5–7 A reminder to plant peace and speak life where you are One simple journaling prompt to cultivate gratitude and calm A closing prayer for rooted peace 📖 Scripture “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Seek the peace of the place where I have carried you…”— Jeremiah 29:5–7 (NIV) 💛 Rooted Practice Take 10 quiet minutes outside or by a window.Notice something alive — a leaf, a breeze, a bird — and whisper: “Lord, this is the soil You’ve given me. Teach me to plant peace here.” 🌿 Favorite Line “Peace is not waiting for you at the end of the road — it’s being planted under your feet right now.” ✨ Inspired by Rooted in Grace: A Christian Guide to Intuitive Gardening.Keep tending the soil beneath your feet and the soul within your heart —and stay rooted in grace. 🌱 🌾 Continue Growing 🌱 Visit the garden online: rootedingrace.me — explore devotionals, garden guides, and free resources that nurture both faith and soil. 💛 Join the community: Come connect with other women walking this same journey in the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook group — a quiet corner for encouragement, prayer, and soulful gardening.👉 Join here  

🎧 Listen Now Even when the garden feels tired and the season isn’t what you imagined, God is still calling you to grow. In this week’s episode, we step into the “W” of our Fall Growth Arch — Work What You’ve Got — and learn how to find peace, purpose, and beauty right where we are. 🌾 Episode Overview By mid-fall, the garden looks weary: vines are fading, the soil feels dry, and energy runs low. But this is exactly when God invites us to keep showing up — to harvest faithfully, compost what’s fading, and replant hope for what’s ahead. In this tender, practical, and reflective episode, Sanda shares her own journey of learning to thrive in unexpected soil — from suburban clay beds and small harvests to deeper lessons of contentment and stewardship. Through Scripture, soil, and soul work, you’ll discover that “working what you’ve got” is not about striving — it’s about sacred sustainability. 🌱 In This Episode, You’ll Learn: 🌿 How Jeremiah 29:5–11 calls us to plant and prosper even in imperfect circumstances 🌾 The power of gratitude in harvesting what’s left, even when yields are small 🪱 Why composting teaches us that nothing surrendered to God is wasted 🌸 How to replant hope through fall gardening — sowing greens, garlic, and cover crops 🕊️ Practical ways to make peace with limits and embrace the grace of “enough” ✨ Three Rooted Practices you can start this week to cultivate both garden and soul 🧺 Rooted Practice Challenge This week, try the three steps from today’s episode: Harvest Faithfully — Gather what’s still growing and give thanks. Compost What’s Spent — Turn what’s fading into future nourishment. Replant Hope — Sow one small act of trust, in your soil or your heart. Write this declaration somewhere you’ll see it often: “Here, in this soil, I will work what I’ve got.” 📖 Scripture Anchor “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Seek the peace and prosperity of the city where I have carried you… For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord.— Jeremiah 29:5–11 🪴 Garden Notes from the Episode Practical tips you can try this week: Clip herbs early in the day and dry them for winter teas. Save seeds from your healthiest plants and store them in envelopes. Layer “greens” and “browns” in your compost pile for healthy decomposition. Sow fall crops: spinach, mustard greens, kale, or clover as a cover crop. Add a layer of mulch to rest your soil for the coming season. ✍️ Journal Prompts What’s still growing in my life or garden that I can give thanks for? What am I holding onto that God might be inviting me to compost — to release and renew? Where is He asking me to plant a new seed of hope? 🌸 Rooted in Grace Connection This episode ties into Part II: Faithful Response of Rooted in Grace: An Intuitive Gardening Journey.It’s about choosing what to cultivate, letting go of what’s fading, and trusting that the Gardener is still at work beneath the surface. If you’d like to go deeper, grab your copy of the Rooted in Grace eBook — your companion for spiritual and seasonal growth. 👉 Download or order Rooted in Grace here. 💛 Favorite Quote from the Episode “Compost is resurrection in slow motion. The garden doesn’t waste what’s broken — and neither does God.” 🕊️ On Friday... Join us for Episode 32: “Tend — The Sacred Middle Ground Between Neglect and Burnout.”We’ll talk about how small, consistent acts of care — watering, weeding, praying — become a form of worship. ✨ Stay Rooted If this episode blessed you, take a moment to share it with a friend who’s learning to grow in grace.Subscribe wherever you listen, leave a short review, and join the conversation in the Rooted in Grace community. Until next time —Keep tending the soil beneath your feet and the soul within your heart.And stay rooted in grace. 🌿

“Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: ‘Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!’?” — Colossians 2:20–21 This week’s Rooted Moment is a quiet invitation to pause. 🌾 In the stillness between seasons—when the garden slows, the air cools, and life feels heavy or hurried—God calls us to stop performing and start observing.He reminds us that we are already loved, already rooted, already seen. Through the return of the bees to tired basil blooms and the gentle hush of early mornings, we discover again that faith doesn’t always look like movement. Sometimes, it looks like noticing. 🌿 In this short episode, you’ll find: A gentle reflection on Colossians 2:20–21 and freedom from striving. What the returning bees and resting garden teach us about God’s faithfulness. How observation itself becomes a form of prayer. A simple practice to help you slow down and notice God’s presence in your own space. 🌾 Rooted Reflection Prompts: Where is God inviting you to stop striving and simply see? What signs of His presence do you notice when you slow down? How can you carry a posture of observation and gratitude into your week? 🌷 A Simple Practice for the Week:Each day, take two minutes to notice something living around you — a bee, a bird, a leaf, a patch of sunlight, or even your own breath. Whisper a short prayer of thanks: “Lord, I see You here.” Let that moment of noticing be your worship. 🌼 Scriptures to Meditate On: Colossians 2:20–21 — Freedom from performance-based faith. Psalm 46:10 — “Be still and know that I am God.” Galatians 6:9 — Faithfulness bears fruit in due time. Psalm 19:1–2 — The heavens declare the glory of God. 🌻 Next Steps: 📖 Read my book Rooted in Grace to rediscover the beauty of gardening with God.  🌱 Join the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook Community for encouragement, conversation, and prayer. 🌿 Follow @southernsoils on Instagram for daily reflections, faith + garden rhythms, and glimpses of my prayer garden in progress. ✨ Takeaway Thought:You don’t have to rush to be fruitful.You don’t have to perform to be loved.Sometimes the most sacred thing you can do is simply notice—the bee on the basil, the breath in your chest, the quiet goodness of God still at work in every small thing. Stay rooted, stay present, and let grace do its quiet growing. 🌿

“Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: ‘Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!’?” — Colossians 2:20–21 Welcome back, Rooted Jesus Girls 💚 In this third step of the Fall Growth Arch — Observe — we’re slowing down to listen, to look, and to let go of performance so we can see God’s hand at work in the quiet places. This episode invites you into the holy discipline of observation — both in your garden and in your spirit. Through the simple act of noticing the light, the rhythm of the wind, and the return of bees to fading blooms, you’ll rediscover what it means to live freely and faithfully under grace, not pressure. 🌾 In this episode, you’ll hear: Why Colossians 2:20–21 is an invitation to spiritual freedom and discernment — not rule-keeping. How to practice holy observation before acting or planting — in both soil and soul. The spiritual lessons hidden in your garden’s rhythms — from geckos and toads that tend the ecosystem, to bees faithfully returning to tired basil blooms. How pausing to see what’s already working can deepen trust, gratitude, and intimacy with God. Why the garden teaches us that not all fruit is fast, and not all progress is visible — but every moment of awareness is sacred. 🌿 Rooted Reflection Prompts: Where might God be inviting you to observe before you act? What small signs of life or renewal have you noticed around you this week? How do you recognize the difference between striving and trusting? What is your “garden bed” moment right now — something waiting for direction while you learn to discern? How does creation remind you of God’s faithful presence in every season? 🌼 Garden Practice for the Week: Sit quietly in your garden (or near a window) for ten minutes with no agenda. Notice what’s moving, living, and breathing around you. Journal one observation each day — a sound, a scent, a color, or a creature. Let your noticing become a prayer. Ask: “What are You showing me here, Lord?” and let that question linger. 🌻 Scriptures to Reflect On: Colossians 2:20–21 — Freedom from rule-keeping and performance. Psalm 19:1–2 — Creation declaring the glory of God. Ecclesiastes 3:1 — “For everything there is a season…” Mark 4:26–27 — The mystery of growth we can’t control but can trust. Galatians 6:9 — Faithfulness in the quiet work still bears fruit. 🌷 Next Steps: 📖 Read or revisit my book, Rooted in Grace, to deepen your understanding of intuitive gardening and faithful living.  🌱 Join the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook Community to connect, share, and grow alongside women learning to see God’s hand in every season.  🌿 Follow @southernsoils on Instagram for daily inspiration, faith reflections, and glimpses of my evolving prayer garden. ✨ Takeaway Thought:You don’t have to rush to be fruitful.You don’t have to perform to be loved.Sometimes the holiest thing you can do is observe — and see that God is already working in the quiet corners of your garden and your heart. So breathe, notice, and let gratitude rise like sunlight on new soil.You are right where you need to be. 🌿

“I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.” — Philippians 4:13 Life doesn’t always leave room for dramatic breakthroughs. Some weeks are busy, heavy, and full. In those times, rising in faith doesn’t always look like big leaps. It often looks like small yeses—quiet, faithful acts of trust that God sees and honors. In this Rooted Moment, I share how planting onions and scattering radish seeds reminded me that both long-term patience and quick mercies are ways we rise in Christ’s strength. The onion teaches endurance. The radish teaches encouragement. Both matter to God. 🌿 In this episode you’ll hear: Why Philippians 4:13 is about more than doing “everything”—it’s about trusting Christ in every season. How the fall garden mirrors our spiritual life: some things grow slowly, some quickly, all faithfully. Practical ways to “rise” when life feels overwhelming—through prayer, gratitude, patience, and small steps of obedience. Encouragement that your smallest rising is seen and celebrated by God. 🌿 Reflection Prompts for You Where are you being invited to rise in small but faithful ways? Is God calling you to patience like onions—or to quick obedience like radishes? How can you lean more into His strength, and less on your own, this week? 🌿 Practical Garden Tie-In Plant something small this week—garlic, radishes, or even herbs in a pot—as a declaration of hope. Take a few minutes outdoors to notice God’s creation and let it anchor you in His presence. Keep Philippians 4:13 close—write it in your journal or tuck it on a garden marker. ✨ Next Steps 📖 Grab your copy of my ebook Rooted in Grace . Learn how gardening rhythms can reshape your walk with God. 🌱 Join the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook Group for encouragement, prayer, and community. 🌿 Follow me on Instagram → @southernsoils for daily garden + faith inspiration. 💚 Remember, rising doesn’t have to be grand. It has to be faithful. Even the smallest yes, the smallest seed, brings joy to the Lord.

“I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.” — Philippians 4:13 Fall is a season of slowing down, clearing out, and trusting God for new beginnings. In this episode, we continue the Fall Growth Arch and step into the second movement: Rise. Rising isn’t always dramatic. Sometimes it’s as simple as planting onions in cool soil, scattering radish seeds, or whispering a prayer in the middle of a hard day. It’s saying yes to the new life God is growing in us, even when the season feels heavy. Join me in the garden as I share: 🌿 In this episode: How Philippians 4:13 anchors us when our strength feels gone. What the fall garden teaches us about rising in slow, steady faith. My personal story of planting onions and radishes as an act of hope. Garden practices for fall: garlic, greens, mulching, and noticing seasonal shifts. Spiritual practices to rise with Christ: gratitude, prayer, slowing down, and saying yes to small beginnings. 🌿 Reflection Prompts for You Where in your life are you being asked to rise right now? What “onions” (long-term growth) and “radishes” (quick mercies) is God inviting you to plant? How does Philippians 4:13 speak into your current season of strength or weakness? What small act of faithfulness could you say yes to this week? 🌿 Practical Garden Tie-In Plant garlic as a symbol of unseen faithfulness. Sow leafy greens to celebrate God’s quick mercies. Mulch your beds as a reminder of God’s protective covering. Notice fall leaves and pray about what God may be asking you to release. ✨ Next Steps 📖 Grab your copy of my ebook Rooted in Grace →Learn how gardening rhythms can reshape your spiritual life. 🌱 Join the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook Group → [insert link] for encouragement, Scripture, and community with women walking the same journey. 🌿 Follow me on Instagram → @southernsoils for daily garden + faith inspiration. 💚 Friend, rising doesn’t have to be flashy. It’s faithful. It’s steady. It’s Christ in you. May this fall remind you: you can do all things through Him who gives you strength.

“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” — Galatians 5:25 ✨Rooted Jesus Girls,✨ Sometimes the soil under our feet feels cracked and dry. Relationships feel strained. Silence stings. Discouragement lingers. In those moments, it’s tempting to believe the lie that struggle disqualifies us. But Galatians 5 reminds us: our very life comes from the Spirit—and because of that, we can keep in step with Him, even in the rift. In this short devotional, I share a recent early morning in my prayer garden, sitting in the dark before dawn, reminded that roots do their deepest work underground, unseen. Staying rooted doesn’t mean life is comfortable. It means choosing to stay aligned with the Spirit, even when the surface looks barren. 🌿 In this episode, you’ll hear: How Galatians 5:25 invites us to keep in step with the Spirit when life feels heavy. A reflection on roots, silence, and God’s unseen work in us. Practical ways to remain rooted: Scripture, silence, small acts of faithfulness, and resisting lies of disqualification. A gentle reflection prompt to help you name where God is asking you to stay rooted right now. 📓 Reflection Prompts for You Where do you feel most discouraged in this season? Where might God be inviting you to stay—not because it’s easy, but because His Spirit is present there? 🌿 Closing ReminderRoots don’t wait for perfect conditions. They grow in the unseen. And so do we.Your life comes from the Spirit, and He will never leave you behind. 🌱 Join the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook Group A space for encouragement, Scripture, and connection with women walking the same journey. 📖 Grab your copy of my ebook, Rooted in GraceDiscover how gardening rhythms can transform your spiritual life through attentive stewardship, faithful response, and covenant relationship. 🌿 Follow along on Instagram → @southernsoilsunshine

“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” — Galatians 5:25 ✨Rooted Jesus Girls,✨ Welcome to the very first week of the Fall Growth Arch—a six-week journey through the G.R.O.W.T.H. framework designed to align your gardening rhythms with your walk with God. This week, we begin where all true growth begins: Get Rooted. Fall is the perfect season for this. The garden is shifting—summer crops are winding down, soil is being renewed, and new seeds are quietly being planted. Spiritually, we’re invited into the same process: clearing what has passed, rooting ourselves in God’s presence, and trusting Him to bring the fruit in due season. 🌿 In this episode, you’ll discover: What it means to “keep in step with the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25) and why rootedness is the key to fruitfulness. How biblical imagery—from Eden to John 15—shows us the importance of being rooted in God. A personal story from my own prayer garden and how a folding chair became holy ground. Practical gardening tasks for fall: clearing, composting, amending, and planting—and the prayers that go with them. Soul practices that help us stay rooted: silence, journaling, asking better questions, and pairing Scripture with action. A weekly challenge to choose your rooted place and begin showing up there with God. 📓 Reflection Prompts for You Where do you sense God inviting you to sink deeper roots right now? What in your life needs to be “cleared” or released? What past experiences could God compost into nourishment for your future? How can you amend the soil of your soul—through rest, Scripture, or prayer? What small beginning could you plant this week, trusting God to grow it? 🌿 Garden Tasks for Fall Clear out spent summer plants with a prayer of release. Compost what’s left as a prayer of trust. Add amendments as a prayer for renewal. Plant herbs or root crops as a prayer of hope. Every task can become a conversation with God. 🌿 Looking Ahead in the Fall Growth ArchThis is just the first step. Over the next five weeks, we’ll explore: Rise — saying yes to new beginnings Observe — slowing down to see God’s patterns Work What You’ve Got — stewarding the present well Tend — building rhythms of care and presence Harvest & Heal — celebrating fruit and trusting God with the unseen Your prayer garden—or even your simple rooted place—will become the sacred space where you walk this journey out. 🙏 Closing ReminderFruit is not forced. It’s formed.When you root yourself in God’s presence, in His Word, and in His Spirit, fruit will follow—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. 🌱 Start your own rooted place this week—a corner, a chair, or a garden bed. Dedicate it to God. 📖 Grab your copy of Rooted in Grace: A Christian Guide to Intuitive Gardening 🌿 Follow along in the Fall Growth Arch over the next six weeks. 💕 Join me on Instagram → @southernsoils

“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” — Jeremiah 17:7–8 ✨Rooted Jesus Girls,✨ This week’s Rooted Moment is anchored in one of Scripture’s most vivid promises: a life rooted in God’s presence is like a tree planted by water. Even when heat comes. Even in years of drought. This short devotional will help you slow down, breathe deep, and remember: fruitfulness in God’s Kingdom is not dependent on perfect circumstances—it’s dependent on proximity to the Living Water. 🌿 In this episode, you’ll hear: Why Jeremiah 17:7–8 is such a grounding picture of resilience and trust. How to see your own seasons of heat and drought in light of God’s steady presence. A personal reflection on prayer gardens as reminders of God’s living stream. A simple, practical way to pray with this verse in your own garden, chair, or quiet space. 📓 Reflection Prompts for You Where do you feel “heat” in your life right now—stress, pressure, or fatigue? Where do you sense “drought”—dryness, waiting, unanswered prayers? How might God be sustaining you in quiet, unseen ways? What would it look like to send your roots deeper into Him this week? 🌿 Weekly PracticeTake Jeremiah 17:7–8 into your prayer garden—or any still space.Read it slowly.Ask God: Where am I thirsty? Where are You inviting me to drink more deeply from Your stream?Write down one way He is sustaining you, even now. 🙏 Closing ReminderFriend, you don’t have to fear the heat or the drought. You are planted by the water, and your God will never fail you. 🌱 Start your own prayer garden — Episode 23 walks you step-by-step. 📖 Grab your copy of Rooted in Grace — still available  🌿 Join me next week as we begin the Fall Growth Arch series, walking through the rhythms of growth with God in the fall season. 💕 Follow along on Instagram → @southernsoils

“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.” — Jeremiah 17:7–8 ✨Rooted Jesus Girls,✨ In this week’s episode, we move from the foundation of Rooted in Grace into practical, lived rhythms. Together, we’ll explore how to create a prayer garden—a simple, intentional space where soil and soul meet, where you can be still before the Lord, and where the rhythms of gardening lead you deeper into His presence. A prayer garden doesn’t have to be perfect. Mine is still becoming—a folding chair, a few plants, and prayers whispered as the day winds down. The sacredness isn’t in the setup—it’s in the showing up. 🌿 In this episode, you’ll hear: Why gardens are central throughout Scripture—from Eden to Gethsemane to the New Jerusalem. How prayer gardens help us root ourselves in God’s presence during noisy, chaotic seasons. A step-by-step guide through the G.R.O.W.T.H. framework to create your prayer garden: Get Rooted — dedicate a space. Rise — clear and prepare the soil. Observe — notice patterns and choose meaningful plants. Work What You’ve Got — repurpose what you already have. Tend — build daily rhythms of prayer. Harvest & Heal — let your garden become a testimony of God’s faithfulness. Why the habit matters even more than the spot—and how five minutes in a chair can transform ordinary ground into holy ground. A challenge for you: choose your spot this week, pray over it, and begin showing up daily. 📓 Reflection Prompts for You Where could you dedicate space as your prayer garden, even if it’s small? What weeds—literal or spiritual—might God be asking you to clear away? What plants or symbols could remind you of His peace, joy, or faithfulness? How can you build a simple rhythm of showing up, even for just a few minutes a day? What would “harvest and healing” look like for you in this season? 🌿 Looking Ahead: The Fall Growth ArchThis episode also sets the stage for our next podcast series—the Fall Growth Arch. Over the coming weeks, we’ll walk step by step through the G.R.O.W.T.H. framework in the context of the fall season: Get Rooted in grace as the season begins. Rise into God’s new rhythms. Observe the changes around you and within you. Work What You’ve Got in simplicity. Tend your spiritual and garden rhythms. Harvest & Heal as you celebrate God’s provision and trust Him with the unseen. Your prayer garden can become the sacred place where you live this journey out, one quiet step at a time. 🙏 Closing ReminderYou don’t need perfection to start. You just need presence. Choose your spot. Dedicate it. Show up. And let God meet you there. 🌱 Start your own prayer garden this week — even if it’s just a chair and one plant. 📖 Grab your copy of Rooted in Grace: A Christian Guide to Intuitive Gardening 🌿 Join us in the Rooted Jesus Girls Facebook Group 💕 Follow along on Instagram → @southernsoils

“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me.” — Habakkuk 2:1 ✨Rooted Jesus Girls,✨ This Rooted Moment invites you into the simple but powerful practice of observation—in the garden and in your soul. When we pause to notice the weather, the sprouts, the pests, and the gifts of each week, we train ourselves to pay attention not just to the soil, but to the God who is present in every season. And observation doesn’t just name the blossoms—it also helps us face the storms. In seasons of hardship, this practice can become a lifeline, giving us language for our prayers and space to remember God’s faithfulness. 🌿 In this episode, you’ll hear: How the Weekly Observation Page becomes both a garden tool and a spiritual rhythm. Parallels between soil and soul: weather, growth, weeds, pests, gratitude, and prayer. Why observation is the first step in the G.R.O.W.T.H. framework—slowing us down to notice God’s presence. A gentle reflection to help you “write your observation page” for your soul this week. 📓 Reflection Prompts for You What’s the “weather” of your soul this week? Where do you see even the smallest signs of growth? What needs attention—what weeds or weights is God nudging you to notice? What “pests” are nibbling at your peace or joy? What is one thing you can give thanks for right now? 🌿 Special InvitationIf this practice spoke to your heart, I’d love for you to join me in the upcoming Prayer Garden Challenge. Together, we’ll walk through the G.R.O.W.T.H. framework step by step, creating prayer gardens that become sacred spaces of peace and presence with God. ✨ Sign up today through the link in the show notes—it’s free, and I’d be honored to walk this journey with you. 🙏 Closing ReminderObservation doesn’t remove the storm, but it helps us see that God is still present in it. Even in the hardest weeks, there is still something to notice, still something to name, still a sprout of hope pushing through the soil. 🌱 Join the Free 6-Day Prayer Garden Challenge  📖 Grab your copy of Rooted in Grace  💖 Follow on Instagram → @southernsoils 💕 Join the Facebook community → Rooted Jesus Girls

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord…” — Colossians 3:23“Then the Lord replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain…’” — Habakkuk 2:2 ✨Rooted Jesus Girls,✨ We’ve come to the final part of my book, Rooted in Grace, and this episode is a milestone! Together we’ve walked through: Part One: Attentive Stewardship — learning to open our eyes. Part Two: Faithful Response — offering our hands. Part Three: Covenant Relationship — yielding our hearts. And now, in Part Four: Tools & Sacred Practices, we take all of that and make it practical—through journals, prayer walks, intentional planting, and gentle rooted practices that anchor our faith and our gardens in daily rhythms of grace. But this episode is more than a book summary—it’s also the beginning of what comes next. Out of this book grew the G.R.O.W.T.H. framework, a seasonal rhythm for intuitive gardening with God: 🌱 G — Get Rooted 🌱 R — Rise 🌱 O — Observe 🌱 W — Work What You’ve Got 🌱 T — Tend 🌱 H — Harvest & Heal This is the framework we’ll be walking through in the Prayer Garden Challenge (starting in a week!) and in my upcoming seasonal coaching programs. 🌿 In this episode, you’ll hear: A heartfelt review of the entire book journey. Why Part Four is about presence, not perfection—and how simple tools make space for growth. How journaling, prayer walks, intentional planting, and rooted practices can shape both soil and soul. An introduction to the G.R.O.W.T.H. framework, with stories from my own garden. A strong invitation to join the Prayer Garden Challenge and continue walking the path together. 🌿 Encouragement for YouThis isn’t just about gardening. It’s about cultivating a slower, Spirit-led life that makes room for God’s presence in the everyday. Rooted in Grace is the foundation. The Prayer Garden Challenge is the next step. And together, we’ll keep walking this path season by season. 📓 Rooted Questions Which practices from Part Four feel most inviting for your season—journaling, prayer walks, intentional planting, or rooted practices? Where do you sense God calling you to “get rooted” right now? Which step of the G.R.O.W.T.H. framework speaks to you most in this moment? 🌿 Special Invitations 📖 Rooted in Grace is on sale for just 2 more days!!! Grab your copy before the price goes up! 🌱 Join the Free 6-Day Prayer Garden Challenge  💌 Sign up for the newsletter to get devotionals, resources, and updates delivered weekly. 🙏 Closing ReminderNow that we’ve laid the foundation of intuitive gardening with God through Rooted in Grace, it’s time to walk it out together. Join me in building and using our prayer gardens—season by season, step by step—as we meet God in the soil and in our everyday lives.

“Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the Lord Almighty has spoken.” — Micah 4:4 ✨Rooted Jesus Girls,✨ In this Rooted Moment, we pause with the image of the fig tree — a picture of both promise and responsibility. Micah 4:4 offers a vision of peace and safety under God’s covenant love. Yet Jesus also used fig trees to give sobering warnings about the need for real fruit, not just leaves. This short devotional invites you to rest in the shade of God’s abundance while also reflecting on His call to bear fruit that truly lasts. 🌿 In this episode, I share: The story of planting a fig tree in my prayer garden as a symbol of God’s abundance and peace. How Micah’s prophecy points to covenant security: living rooted and unafraid. The warnings of Jesus about fig trees without fruit — appearances without substance. A gentle reflection on abundance and accountability in our walk with God. 🌿 Reflection for You Where is God inviting you to rest in His peace, unafraid? Where might He be digging around you, giving grace to grow? What kind of fruit is He calling you to bear in this season? 🙏 Closing ReminderCarry both pictures into your week: the fig tree of peace, and the fig tree of fruitfulness. Rest under God’s covenant shade. And rise to bear fruit that reflects His love. 🌱 Join the Free Prayer Garden Challenge → https://southernsoilsunshine.com/prayer-garden/ 🧾 Take the Garden Quiz → southernsoilsunshine.com/quiz 💖 Follow on Instagram → @southernsoilsunshine 💕 Join the Facebook community → Rooted Jesus Girls