Through Piet Mondrian’s "Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue", we explore the divine harmony hidden within opposites. Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that every season has its place in God’s beautiful order.

Balance and harmony. These are not static states but living relationships between opposites—moments of tension and release that give rhythm to our lives. Piet Mondrian sought this same spiritual rhythm through his abstract compositions. In his Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue, Mondrian stripped away natural form to uncover the divine order beneath appearance. Straight lines, bold colors, and generous spaces of white reveal the simplicity and structure that lie at the heart of creation.

In this episode of Art and Prayer, we explore how Mondrian’s vision mirrors the wisdom of Ecclesiastes 3: “There is a season for everything, a time for every purpose under heaven.” The scripture reminds us that life itself moves through sacred balance—birth and death, mourning and dancing, silence and speech. Each holds its place in the divine rhythm of time, and each contributes to the harmony of the whole.

Mondrian once wrote that “equilibrium can only be established through the balance of unequal but equivalent oppositions.” His art invites us to find peace not by avoiding contrast, but by seeing God’s presence within it. Through prayerful contemplation, we begin to sense how even life’s dissonances participate in a deeper harmony we can neither measure nor fully understand.

As we rest with this painting, we are invited to listen—to the balance of color and space, to the rhythm of scripture, and to the quiet voice of eternity that speaks within the soul. God has made everything in harmony with the divine, and though we cannot grasp the totality of that work, we can glimpse its beauty in the ordered simplicity of line and color, in the balance of our own lives, and in the stillness of prayer.