Fairfax Church

Day 31 Silence. An angry silence. An awkward silence. Scripture to meditate on: So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became…

Day 30 Scripture to meditate on: “I made a covenant with my eyes     not to look lustfully at a young woman. For what is our lot from God above,     our heritage from the Almighty on high? Is it not ruin for…

Day 29 Scripture to meditate on: “But now they mock me,     men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained     to put with my sheep dogs. Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,     since their vigor…

Day 28 Scripture to meditate on: Job continued his discourse: “How I long for the months gone by,     for the days when God watched over me, when his lamp shone on my head     and by his light I walked through darkness!…

Day 27 Scripture to meditate on: There is a mine for silver     and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth,     and copper is smelted from ore. Mortals put an end to the darkness;     they search out…

Day 26 Scripture to meditate on: And Job continued his discourse: “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,     the Almighty, who has made my life bitter, as long as I have life within me,     the breath of God…

Day 25 Scripture to meditate on: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: “Dominion and awe belong to God;     he establishes order in the heights of heaven. Can his forces be numbered?     On whom does his light not rise? How then can a…

Day 24 Scripture to meditate on: “Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?     Why must those who know him look in vain for such days? There are those who move boundary stones;     they pasture flocks they have stolen. They…

Day 23 The Patience of Job? Scripture to meditate on: Then Job replied: “Even today my complaint is bitter;     his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. If only I knew where to find him;     if only I could go…

Day 22 Scripture to meditate on: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Can a man be of benefit to God?     Can even a wise person benefit him? What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?     What would he gain…