“We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of

the work.”

-A. W. Tozer

November. A gift to the Christian.

November 1st is All Saints’ Day and honors all saints—famous or forgotten. November 11th

remembers those who served and celebrates the end of World War 1, honoring Veterans. In

America, we gather to express our gratitude on the fourth Thursday, and it is associated with

the story of a 1621 harvest feast shared by English colonists and the Wampanoag people.

These contemplative occasions direct our attention from the immediacy of our world to

shared pilgrimage. Before the secular bustle arrives, stretching across time, pulling us

toward December, we will give thanks for food and family—but also for faith handed down,

for the endurance of those who lived and died trusting in promises they could not yet see.

November invites the posture of reflection as the liturgical year nears its close and leaves fall

from the trees. All Saints and Thanksgiving stand like bookends: one honors those who have

finished their course, the other gives thanks for grace still unfolding.

Genuine gratitude does not stop at saying “thank you”; it says,

“Here I am.

” Saints respond to

grace with availability born not of duty but of love. May November be a month to develop a

courageous life, undergirded by a faith that is firm.

Hold on to the heart of November, when the year tilts toward darkness and we begin to look

both backward with thanks and forward with hope. It suits the Lord of the work.

Prayer:

Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations

Psalm 46:10