STUDYING FOR A REASON

i don't like
1. memory works (craft-making nalang plz)
2. recitations because i don't like getting attention to myself
3. noise of whatever form
4. big groups because i prefer intimacy
5. my vocabulary
and yet
1. memorizing is the only way to pass some subjects in school
2. public trial is part of a fair litigation
3. silence is not even observed in my dorm nor in the library
4. growth is generally measured in number
5. i can understand the Bible with the common words i know

i still desire to be a plain housewife
1. to clean the house and wash the clothes of my family myself
2. closely guide my children in their schooling
3. play with my kids over the weekends (basketball, badminton, bowling, chess)
4. watch cartoons with them and prepare their meals
5. allot time to prepare for sunday school lessons
then why go to law school
1. God told me so
2. if i will be a pastor's wife then i have to help in financing the family needs
3. i also want to be a teacher (law is something i can teach)
4. it is the best option i have
5. law school, as Annie said "teaches one more about life than about law"

in law school
1. i had my first failing grade
2. i can read 8-10 hours in a day
3. i have this 3-point-route (dorm, school, and church)
4. i am in a private school
5. i run and join parlor games
and in law school
1. i learned how to move on and to sympathize with one who goes through the same valley
2. i learned more about endurance, perseverance and patience
3. i learned more about contentment where a good sleep is more satisfying than new clothes and malling
4. i learned that poor and rich people have the same reasons to be sad or to be glad
5. i learned to love more by sacrificng my study/sleeping time to practice for competitions that i never joined before

ABOVE ALL in law school by God's grace
1. i enjoyed much the Lord's provision and faithfulness
2. i developed discpline in my devotions
3. i became more prayerful
4. i met special people who are constant encouragements to me
5. as always--i am filled with love by my family, friends and churchmates

indeed, only circumstances change but not God :)


Jeremiah 29:11
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.


may my law school years mold me into what Proverbs 31 refers to as:

The Virtuous Wife
10 Who[b] can find a virtuous[c] wife?
For her worth is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her;
So he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She seeks wool and flax,
And willingly works with her hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships,
She brings her food from afar.
15 She also rises while it is yet night,
And provides food for her household,
And a portion for her maidservants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From her profits she plants a vineyard.
17 She girds herself with strength,
And strengthens her arms.
18 She perceives that her merchandise is good,
And her lamp does not go out by night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hand holds the spindle.
20 She extends her hand to the poor,
Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of snow for her household,
For all her household is clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes tapestry for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies sashes for the merchants.
25 Strength and honor are her clothing;
She shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
And on her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She watches over the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “ Many daughters have done well,
But you excel them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing,
But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,
And let her own works praise her in the gates.