When God’s Timing Interrupts Our Own— Is where Control Ends and Growth Begins
The Rhythm of Reset
In the Jewish tradition, Shemita (the Sabbatical Year) and Yovel (the Jubilee) are sacred times built into the fabric of life—not as a disruption, but as a rhythm of reset.
Shemita arrives every seventh year: the land rests. Debts are released. Ownership loosens.
Yovel comes after seven Shemitot—every 50 years—a full societal reset. Land returns to its original holders. Slaves are freed. Identities are restored.
But these aren’t just agricultural or economic laws. They’re spiritual blueprints.
They speak to something much deeper: the way our lives, bodies, and souls relate to God, time, and transformation.
We are not machines. We are soil.
And just like the land, we need time to be tilled, to rest, to release, and to begin again.
We experience cycles of growth, of depletion, of letting go and starting over—not just externally, but within.
Shemita teaches us the power of pausing.
Yovel teaches us the grace of returning.
Together, they remind us that everything we hold belongs to God, and that He built into the system—into us—a way to reset without shame, and to return without fear.
This post is a reflection on that cycle.
A reminder that the sacred reset isn’t just a concept—it’s a calling.
And sometimes, the most spiritual thing we can do… is stop.
The Power of the Pause
What if stopping isn’t failure—but sacred timing?
We tend to fear stillness. We call it lost time. Falling behind. Missing the moment.
But what if the pause is the moment?
Shemita teaches us that rest is not retreat—it’s recognition.
The land doesn’t die in the seventh year. It breathes. It recalibrates.
And so should we.
This kind of reset isn’t about escape—it’s about exposure.
To see what we’ve built.
To feel what we’ve buried.
To release what we’ve outgrown.
We aren’t asked to abandon the old self, but to return with clarity.
To start again—not as someone new, but as someone renewed.
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