It is days like today which reaffirm the decision I made to go to law school.
There are a few people who did not realize that I was even thinking of going to law school until my last blog. Anyone directly involved in my life understands the motivation.
There is a story of a man who is trapped in his home due to a flood. He makes it to the roof of his home to avoid the flood waters. He is sitting on his roof and prays to God to come save him. He is on the roof for some time and a boat comes by and offers to save him. He declines the assistance because he is waiting for God to come save him. Later, a helicopter comes by and offers to lift him to safety. He declines the assistance because he is waiting for God to come save him. The man eventually drowns to death. When he gets to Heaven he asks God why he didn’t come save him, he had led a good life and had prayed and prayed for God to save him. God responded, “Who do you think sent the boat and the helicopter?” Lesson learned: We never know what vehicle/tool/person that God is going to use to help answer our prayers. Why the story? I want to be the boat captain or the helicopter pilot which is used by God to help people.
Don’t think I am good or noble for wanting this. I am also quite human. Here is another story which illustrates what I feel as well.
There is a professor teaching a college course in front of hundreds of students in an assembly hall. He teaches this many students in the same fashion every semester and has for years. The professor takes the opportunity every semester in front of all these students to prove to them that there is no God. He tells the class that there is no God and if there was a God he would come and strike him down for proclaiming there is no God. The professor stands and waits and nothing happens. He is not struck down so he tells the class, “My point is proven. There is no God. He has not struck me down.” The classes he has done to have all been silent when the professor does this. Time and time again, people quietly question the existence of God because of this professor’s object lesson. More years pass and this professor is still teaching. It is the start of a new semester and he begins the class the way he normally does and denounces the presence of God. He proclaims “If there is a God, strike me down where I stand!” The class sits in silence. A young serviceman jumps from his seat in the class and goes to the podium and strikes the professor down. The Professor asks, “Why did you do that?” The young soldier responded, “God was busy so I took care of it for him.”
There are those who claim to believe in God and are Christian and yet do some rotten things to some people that I love dearly and to others that I know/ know of. I not only want to be the driver of the boat or pilot of the helicopter who helps save people; I also want to be the serviceman who God uses to knock someone on their butt. I won’t ever do it physically, but I can sure learn what is needed to become a lawyer and accomplish the same affect legally. Sometimes people need to be knocked on their butt (figuratively/legally) to be able to save someone else (literally).
I think that if I have to go into debt (for attorneys) to affect some of the things happening in my life, I might as well go into debt for an education to become an attorney. This will not only help my own situation but I can help others as well.
Yep, today I REALLY want to be an attorney.
