Fitted for the Field

Learning to sow faithfully and let God handle the harvest

Being a woman is a gift and a privilege. I ponder the influence and authority God has given me as His daughter to nurture, tend, and build—in every relationship I’ve been entrusted with.

At times, it can feel overwhelming to know that others are watching—waiting to see how you’ll show up in every season. We might be tempted to think we didn’t show up well in certain ways. But it’s not necessarily how we show up, it’s how we finish.

We may enter in with confusion, conflict, and clenched fists, but when we seek out wisdom from His Word, God shows us where and how to walk.

I thumb through the Psalms looking for something to cling to. The exhaustion robs me of straight thought and creativity. I’ve become skilled at blaming myself for things beyond my control, as if that somehow earns me peace. What I can control, though, is releasing the things I’m gripping so tightly. The only way to truly do that is to walk in what God’s Word says.

I believe in God’s word, but if I stop there, it’s useless to me. Faith in action activates power.

I realized that I am trusted with such a beautiful field of wildflowers to tend to—my husband, my children, my friends, the women in my church, the ones I minister to online. Each flower, a fingerprint of the Father, blooms with distinct color and calling. Some grow wild and free, others need shelter and shade. I care for hearts, not just in my home but in every space where God places me.

My garden is rich with life, and God is working in each flower in the way they need. I was placed here to not only enjoy their beauty, but to keep the weeds out and the flowers watered.

We can plant, water, and pull weeds, but growth belongs to God. Whether in our children, our friends, or the women we disciple, hearts cannot be coerced into maturity. Our job is to be faithful—to nurture with truth and grace—and to trust the Lord of the harvest with the deep, unseen work beneath the surface. What happens beneath the soil is hidden between their heart and God. No amount of coaxing can awaken a soul not ready. The soil must be prepared.

And still, even once that shoot sprouts, care is needed if it is to continue to grow and bear fruit. I tend the people, but I don’t do the growing for them. Even with our children, growth is not something we command; it’s something we support. We can guide, model, and nourish, but true spiritual roots grow as they personally respond to God’s Word and walk in it.

Even in our closest relationships, our role is not to force growth, but to faithfully nurture. Soul-tending is sacred work shared between the individual and God. Our role is to water in love and truth, to pull weeds gently when we see them, and to trust the Lord of the harvest.

I’m a soul-gardener. And so are you.

God has given you everything you need to water and nurture the hearts around you—to sow seeds of truth, to offer grace and presence, and to hold space for those in process. You are able to pray for the needs of those around you and lend a hand when someone needs help.

You are a builder of hearts and home

The most important tool in your garden here is attitude. Everything begins with attitude and if you wake up every morning with the attitude of dread or bitterness, those are the same tunes your family will sing. Your home is built on the ground you lay for it. You can choose to be wise and build up, or foolish and tear down. (Proverbs 14:1)

Yes, the house requires attention every day to keep it in functional order and peaceful array. How you show up is an example of how your family can show up.

Work is a part of life and if we treat it as drudgery, we pass that on to those around us. We can choose delight in getting our hands dirty and focus on the end result rather than complaining about it. Complaining doesn’t change the reality that the work still needs to be tended to. The simple attitude change brings joy to those around us — yet being in a bad mood constantly repels people from wanting to be around you.

Building up the hearts under our roof means overseeing them with care. As we do, we teach them how to create a life-giving home atmosphere. Everything begins at home.

You are a sower and waterer of God’s Word

Starting the day in the Word is essential. You can’t tend flowers if you aren’t tending to your own roots.

Getting alone in the secret place with God is sacred ground. That’s where your relationship with God is created, cultivated, and cherished. You add nutrients to the soil of your heart every time you show up.

Then, as you allow God to nourish you in the hidden place, you’re able to water others through the Word, prayer, and encouragement. Your sprinkles won’t replace the deep drink necessary in the sacredness of the secret place. But it can be enough to whet the appetite for more. We don’t produce the water, but we carry it, pour it, and release it.

As your roots strengthen and grow and you bear fruit, you can use those seeds to sow into others.

You are a fruit-bearer through His Spirit

Fruit can only come from a well-tended soul. Though we come to God for nourishment, only His Spirit can bring growth and bear fruit in us. It simply takes a willing spirit to offer time and space for Jesus. As you walk in the Spirit, you nurture others.

The fruit you bear is the life you live. The fruit God grows in you isn’t for you — it’s for others. No tree or flower bears fruit for itself—it’s for the enjoyment and nourishment of others. Fruit isn’t just useful, it’s delightful to others! Kindness can refresh someone who is sad or weary. Gentleness can draw someone in.

A woman filled with the Spirit offers sustaining strength to those around her just by abiding in Jesus. Your faithfulness can help anchor someone who is drifting.

When you walk in the Spirit, you're not just bearing fruit for today—you’re sowing into someone else’s future walk with God. Fruit is also a seed we carry and cultivate in Christ can multiply into the lives of others. As we demonstrate love, it teaches others to love.

You may be a gardener of the wildflowers in your garden, but you’re also a wildflower in someone else’s garden, with the potential to grow and bear fruit for others.

You are a life-giver with your words and presence

Your life-giving words are water to those around you. As you encourage, build up, correct, and direct, you become a life-giving source for others.

We need to sow God’s Word in our hearts if it’s going to produce words of life and truth. We can’t know what those are if we aren’t taking them in and living them out. Your very presence should bring life and joy into a room. Do you know anyone like that in your own life? When they walk in, they are smiling, full of life and possibilities and bring hope to every situation?

Maybe you know many Christians but this one stands out. They aren’t shaken by the things of this world or controlled by their circumstances. It can feel almost naïve, like they live in a world untouched by hardship. Sometimes we are so focused on the negative that seeing the good or the possibilities feels foreign or unnatural.

The trouble is, there will always be trouble, and as people who have been freed from the bondage of sin, how we show up matters. It speaks to what we truly believe. It isn’t enough to read God’s word for knowledge, we need to sow these Truths into our hearts. Sowing is belief. It’s trust. It’s faith that it’s true. If you don’t believe it’s true, it’s useless to you.

We are fitted to tend to the people God has placed in our lives, not in our way but His.

So pick up His Word, wear it like armor, bury it like seed, and let it bloom first in your own heart.

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Savoring Him,

Christin