BY: Sir Godfrey Gregg

Theme: What We Pass On to Those Who Come After

As the year 2026 draws toward its close, November offers us a unique vantage point—a time to look back with gratitude and forward with intention. I write to you now concerning legacy: the inheritance of faith, memory, and love that every family is called to steward. The family is not only a present reality; it is a link to our past and a bridge to our future . What will you pass on?

The writer of Proverbs tells us that a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. This is the essence of legacy—not the size of the bank account, but the character of the household. What stories are you telling your children about their grandparents? What songs are you singing? What prayers are you praying over them? The faith of Timothy was first planted in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice, and it took root because it was passed on with sincerity . Legacy is not automatic; it is transmitted through the deliberate, repeated acts of faithful witness. This month, I urge you to tell the old stories. Pull out the photographs. Write down the recipes. Visit the graves. Let the younger generation know that they are part of something larger than themselves—a lineage of grace.

But legacy is not only about looking backward. It is also about the long view of love. When we invest in our families, we are investing in a future we may never fully see. The parent who reads bedtime stories is shaping a reader; the grandparent who teaches a child to pray is shaping a soul; the sibling who forgives is learning the skills of peacemaking that will serve them in every relationship they ever have. Do not despise the small, hidden work of family life. The family is one of nature’s masterpieces, and masterpieces are not created in a moment . They are built through patience, through repetition, through the quiet faithfulness of ordinary days.

I also charge you to consider the legacy of reconciliation. Every family has its fractures—the argument that was never resolved, the distance that grew from neglect, the words that were spoken and cannot be unsaid. This November, take the long view. Is it better to be right, or to be reconciled? Is the grudge worth the estrangement it creates? The Apostle Paul urges us to bear with one another and forgive whatever grievances we may have against one another. Forgiveness is the inheritance that frees the next generation from the burden of old wounds. Break the cycle now. Let the legacy you leave be one of grace, not grievance.

Finally, remember that the greatest legacy is a home where God is honored. The family that serves the Lord together, that worships together, that opens its doors to the stranger and the needy, is leaving a legacy that reaches into eternity. As you gather this month, whether in abundance or in simplicity, let your children and grandchildren see that your hope is not in the things of this world but in the God who made the family and who calls us into His own family through Christ. This is the inheritance that will not fade, the legacy that endures beyond the grave. Build it this month, and in every month that follows.