Reap What You Sow Mondays with Tony™: What You Planted Still Counts: Closing the Year Without Condemnation and Entering the Next With Confidence

Tyrone Tony Reed Jr.
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🌱 Introduction: Before the Year Ends, Let This Truth Land

As 2025 comes to a close, many people are quietly reviewing the year with mixed emotions.

Some are grateful. Some are disappointed. Some feel proud. Some feel behind. Some are relieved the year is ending. Some are afraid they didn’t do enough.

And here is the lie that creeps in at year’s end:

“If it didn’t bloom this year, it must not have mattered.”

But Heaven does not measure time the way calendars do.

God does not erase seeds just because a year ends.

This post is for anyone carrying silent questions into the new year:

Did my obedience count?
Did my faith matter?
Did God see what I planted—even when it didn’t produce yet?

The answer is yes.

🌿 God Does Not Rush Harvests to Match Human Timelines

We live by deadlines.God works by development.

Scripture reminds us:

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9

Notice the phrase “at the proper time.” Not your time. Not this year’s time. But God’s time.

A seed planted in faith does not expire because December arrives.

🗣️ Declaration: I refuse to judge my obedience by the calendar.

🌿 Some Seeds Are Meant to Carry Over

Farmers understand something believers often forget: Not every seed produces in the same season it’s planted.

Some seeds:

Root before they rise
Strengthen underground
Mature slowly
Require multiple seasons

“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven… so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty.” — Isaiah 55:10–11

If God told you to plant it, He has not forgotten it.

🗣️ Declaration: What I planted in obedience will not return empty.

🌿 You Are Not Behind—You Are Still Becoming

End-of-year reflection often turns into self-condemnation:

I should be further.
I should have done more.
Others are ahead of me.

But Scripture offers correction:

“Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.” — Philippians 1:6

God finishes what He starts. And He doesn’t rush Himself to satisfy comparison.

🗣️ Declaration: I am not late. I am still under construction.

🌿 Tears Count as Seed Too

Some of what you planted this year wasn’t visible:

You showed up while grieving
You obeyed while exhausted
You stayed faithful while disappointed
You kept loving when it hurt

“Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.” — Psalm 126:5

God counts emotional obedience as real sowing.

🗣️ Declaration: My tears were not wasted—they were planted.

🌿God Does Not Require You to “Fix” the Year Before Moving Forward

You do not have to:

Finish everything
Prove anything
Resolve every loose end
Explain unfinished outcomes

“Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed.” — Ecclesiastes 11:6

God handles outcomes. You handle obedience.

🗣️ Declaration: I release the pressure to control outcomes.

🌿The Last Monday Is Not an Ending—It’s a Handoff

This is not a closing statement. It’s a transition.

You are not walking into 2026 empty-handed. You are carrying:

Seeds planted in faith
Lessons learned in patience
Strength built through endurance
Wisdom earned through waiting

God does not waste seasons.

🗣️ Declaration: I enter the next year carrying seed, not regret.

🙏🏾 End-of-Year Prayer

God,

Thank You for every seed planted in 2025—seen and unseen. Heal where disappointment tried to harden my heart. Release me from guilt, comparison, and self-judgment. Carry forward what You ordained, and prune what no longer belongs.I trust You with what is still growing. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

🧱 12 Declarations to Close 2025 Strong

What I planted still counts.
God remembers every seed.
I am not behind schedule.
My obedience was not wasted.
I release regret from this year.
I trust God with unfinished harvests.
My faith carried me through.
I enter the next season with peace.
God is still working on my behalf.
My future is not cancelled.
I sowed in faith, not fear.
My harvest is still alive.

✍🏾 Closing Word

As 2025 ends, do not measure your life by what bloomed. Measure it by what you planted.

God does not forget seed. He does not overlook faith.And He does not abandon work that is still growing.

Carry your seed forward. Rest your heart. And step into the next year knowing this truth:

What you planted still counts.

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