“February brings the rain, thaws the frozen lake again.”
This is the shortest month of the year but one in which daylight increases and we can save on our electricity bill for lighting.
Although it is still cold and the ground is hard, yet under the soil new life is stirring and as we move on into Spring the green shoots of new life will be bursting forth.
The season of Lent, the time of preparation for the greatest feast of all, Easter, is later than usual this year and so Ash Wednesday is not until March 1st.
This means that over the next few weeks the priest will be wearing, very appropriately for the season, green vestments.
As we witness this process of rebirth and regeneration we reflect on all that God has provided for us; we all experience times of sorrow and loneliness when we feel that we have nowhere to turn but if we put our trust in Jesus we know for certain that he will always be there to help us through from the darkness into the light.
Fr Croft