September 2: Labor Day
Wise words bring many benefits,
and hard work brings rewards.
Proverbs 12: 14 NLT
September 6: Read A Book Day
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Joseph Addison (English writer May 1, 1672 – June 17, 1719)
September 8: Grandparents Day
You shall give due honor and respect to the elderly, in the fear of God.
I am Jehovah. Leviticus 19:32 TLB
Monday September 9 Ashura
Ashura (Arabic: عاشوراء ) is the tenth day of Islamic month of Muharram. For Sunni Muslims, it marks the day that Moses was saved from the Pharaoh’s tyranny.
But then I recall all you have done, O Lord;
I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.
They are constantly in my thoughts.
I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works. Psalm 77:10-13 NLT
September 11: Patriot Day
All rise! For God now takes his place as judge of all the earth. Don’t you know that everything and everyone belongs to him? The nations will be sifted in his hands! Psalm 82:8 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Sept 21 – International Day of Peace
God blesses those who work for peace,
for they will be called the children of God. Matthew 5:9 NLT
September 21: Selichot (Prayers of Sorrow, Confession and Forgiveness which continue until Yom Kippur)
But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right [he is faithful and righteous/just; Deut. 32:4]. He will cleanse [purify] us from all ·the wrongs we have done [unrighteousness].
I John 1: 9 EXB (The Expanded Bible)
September 23: Start of Fall (Autumnal Equinox)
For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 NLT
September 23: International Day of Sign Languages
September 29: Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) begins at sundown