The Special Month, The Shortest Month - Feb

I was in my Weekly Zone Meeting at Riverwalk. When one of my friend, Jasmine Kon prayed and mentioned about the month of Feb. It really triggers something in me to find out more about this Special Month. Every time i got this feeling to find out more... i believe God is trying to tell me something...

Have you ever wonder things like why are there leap years. Why leap years affects only the month of Feb. Why second month of the year is call February? Does it have any a special meaning?

I did a short research on the web and found something interesting

February was named after the Latin term februum, which means Purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar.

January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. They were added by Numa Pompilius about 700 BCE. February remained the last month of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BCE), when it became the second month.

In the Gregorian calendar, the current standard calendar in most of the world, most years that are evenly divisible by 4 are leap years. In each leap year, the month of February has 29 days instead of 28. Adding an extra day to the calendar every four years compensates for the fact that a period of 365 days is shorter than a solar year by almost 6 hours. (6x4 = 24 hours = an additional day)

As i had said earlier, everytime i strongly wants to find out certain things i believe God wants to reveal some things to me. I was praying, asking God. Why? and what do You want to reveal through this shortest month of the year?

After praying long, i think i know what God wants to tell me @ the shortest month of the year...

From Matthew 24 all the way to Matthew Chapter 25. Jesus was talking about a few Parables and Passages...

1) The Parable of the Fig Tree
2) No one Knows the Day or Hour
3) The Faithful and the Evil Servant
4) The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
5) The Parable of the Talents

All these Parables were talking and teaching us to be dilligent. To continue what we set out to do. Be Faithful until the Second Coming.

By the Time i finish posting this particular article. It would already be 9th of Feb 2010. (Didnt we just count down 2010? Had the month of January passed? Had i gotten used to writing 2010 at the date of any forms that i had written?.

4days time we would be celebrating CNY! Guess what?! After the third day of CNY when people goes back to work, it would already be the 17th of Feb 2010.

Feb 2010 is a month of little hard work. Mood of Celebration, Mood of Festive Season. Singaporean works 17 days to get the same amount of Salary which they worked 22days for (for month with 31 days). I cannot help to relate that to another parable about the workers in the last hour. Where workers who worked lesser hours are paid equally to those who labour from the start of the day. Increment in Per hour rate!

Feb 2010 is God's way of reminding Zhipeng. That Zhipeng!you must continue to be dilligent. Even if the month of Feb 2010 seems insignificant and Procastination follows in Feb 2010.

BE DILLIGENT, BE LIKE THE WISE VIRGIN. THIS MONTH IS THE MONTH OF EFFICIENCY. WHERE YOUR 'PRE HOUR RATE' IS GOING TO INCREASE!

What does FEB 2010 meant to you? To me is a Warning against Complacency, and an encouragement to keep on keeping on. And of course The Month of Feb, a month of Purification.