Choose TWO from the four cluster questions in the discussion forum for this module and write an original posting to each of the two. To receive full credit, your postings MUST BE ATLEAST 300 WORDS EACH and give evidence of serious reflection of the issues in this module. The postings are due by Thursday of the First Week of this module, but earlier postings may result in a greater number of responses from your colleagues.

Proverbs teaches that obedience brings blessings, while disobedience results in sufferings.

How would you express the teaching of the Book of Job? Does Jobàbook come closer to Proverbs or Ecclesiastes? What would be the consequences for God if Job had failed the test?

Sometimes in life bad things happen to apparently good people.

Why do righteous people suffer? List some of the answers you have heard proposed. Which ones make the most sense? Is the primary purpose of Jobàbook to answer the problem of suffering? Or, is the author trying to show how we can be faithful in the midst of suffering and pain?

• Jobàfriends try to be helpful. They kept silent for seven days. Yet Job called them iserable comforters./li>

Why did Jobàfriends fail? How many believers today could hold to their integrity like Job did and refuse to admit to crimes they did not commit? Is Jobàundeserved suffering and loss also part of your life? What is helping you to cope with that type of experience?

• Suffering and pain is a common scene in a health care facility.

What have your patients or clients taught you about suffering? What have you learned about providing spiritual support as a health care provider for the patient dealing with pain or facing death?