Like many people, this is a month with which I struggle. It’s often rainy, even in Southern California. It’s often gray. And then there’s that strange faux-love holiday in the middle of it. I often wish I could just go to sleep on Ground Hog Day and wake up on Easter.

Maud Newton has a meditation on February. I’ve excerpted my favorite part:

There is in every life a February time. It stands between our time of barrenness and those of increased hope. It is not very exciting. It lacks Autumn’s glory and Spring’s festooned splendor. It is just there, a pause, a connection, a bridge between events of loss and gain, a road that leads from emptiness to fullness.

Read the complete meditation, including the Jesus-related material, here.