Visio Divina: The Seasons Know

Theme: Rest is in the rhythm. Joy is in the surrender.

Step 1: Prepare Your Space

Find a quiet place. Breathe deeply. Let your body settle. Play the video and watch it once all the way through without trying to analyze—just observe.

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven...” – Ecclesiastes 3:1

“He said to them, ‘Come away… and rest a while.’” – Mark 6:31

Step 2: Watch with the Eyes of the Soul

Play the video again, this time slowly. Pause if you need to. Notice:

• The slow decay of leaves in fall

• The silence and stillness of winter

• The blooming of new life in spring

• The fullness and abundance of summer

Nothing in the forest resists its season. It simply receives it.

Reflection Questions

1. Which season do you feel like you’re in right now—personally, emotionally, spiritually? Is it a time to build, or a time to let go?

2. What part of your life is asking to rest, even if the world says keep going?

3. Are there excuses you’ve been holding onto that keep you from stepping into a new rhythm—however justified they may be?

4. What would it mean to resist burnout not with bitterness, but with trust?

   
   

Prayer

God of seasons, You marked time before we ever named it. You built cycles of dying and blooming into every tree, every river, every heart. Teach me to move with You—not faster than Your grace, not slower than Your mercy. Let me accept the season I am in, without shame, without striving. And in this sacred turning, may I find a rhythm that heals. Let rest be my resistance. Let joy be my uprising. Amen.