There’s a quiet power in paying attention to the season you’re in—not just the weather outside your window, but the season of life your soul is navigating. I’ve learned that when I fight against the season, I end up tired, frustrated, and out of sync with God’s pace for me. But when I lean in and build rhythms that match the moment, I find a steady strength that carries me through.
Seasons rarely announce themselves with a loud bang. More often, it’s subtle—a golden tint in the trees, a change in the morning air, or the way your own heart begins to crave something different than it did a few months ago. This happens every September in my house. After the sweet chaos of summer, late nights, sleepovers, and spontaneous road trips, there comes that inevitable shift. The kids are heading back to school. Sports schedules fill the calendar. Evenings that once stretched long and slow are suddenly tight with practice drop-offs and homework. It’s tempting to fight it, to try to hold on to summer’s pace. But I’ve learned that when I ignore these gentle cues, I feel it in my spirit. The rhythm that carried me in July will not sustain me in October. Discipline without discernment leads to burnout. God built our lives to move in rhythms, and ignoring that design is like swimming upstream—it’s exhausting and unnecessary.
Maybe this is your planting season—where you’re pouring into the unseen, working faithfully in quiet places. Or maybe it’s a harvest season, where fruit is finally showing and you’re running full throttle to gather what God’s been growing.
Each season has its own invitation:
- Planting seasons call us to faith, to trust the unseen work.
- Growing seasons stretch us, teaching patience as roots deepen.
- Harvest seasons require focus and energy, a readiness to gather.
- Rest seasons whisper reminders that productivity isn’t the same as fruitfulness.
The trick isn’t to wish for a different season—it’s to align your daily rhythms with the one you’re in right now.
How to Match Your Rhythms
So what does this actually look like in real life? Here’s how I try to keep pace with the season God has me in:
Name It:
Stop and ask: What season am I in? Acknowledge it without judgment. Is this a season of hidden growth, a season of stretching, or one of pouring out?
Adjust Your Expectations:
Don’t demand harvest pace in a planting season. In practical terms, this might mean lowering your “output goals” when you’re in a busy family stretch or embracing margin when God is whispering rest.
Anchor in God’s Word:
Scripture is timeless, but it comes alive differently in each season. In the rest of the seasons, I cling to Psalm 23. In growth seasons, I hold fast to Galatians 6:9: “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap…”
Create Tangible Rhythms:
Shift your calendar, your routines, even your morning rituals to reflect the pace you need. For me, that looks like earlier mornings when fall begins, more intentional rest days in winter, and open weekends in spring to allow space for new beginnings. Sometimes that means hustle; other times, the holiest act of obedience is to sit on the porch with a cup of tea and breathe.
When I look back, the seasons that once felt frustrating now make sense. The quiet planting years prepared me for harvest. The slow winters gave me strength for spring. The pruning seasons that felt like loss were actually God making space for something new to bloom. Living seasonally is not about doing less or more—it’s about doing what aligns.
So today, I’m learning to stop pushing for a life that doesn’t match the season I’m in. Instead, I’m creating rhythms that echo the whispers of this moment—and trusting that in God’s perfect timing, every season will bear its fruit.
What season are you sensing in your own life right now—and what one rhythm could you shift to match it better?
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