Regent Law Students & Alumni Blog

Tomorrow I head into my hardest exam of the semester, property. After this I will no longer have to look at property law until the bar. I hope! Going into exams this semester has been a good experience. I feel more prepared and completely at peace. There are moments of high stress and the pressure to get 5 different 30-50 page outlines crammed into your head within about 16 days, but the Lord has given me great peace. In fact, Philippians 4 talks about presenting your requests to God and He will give you peace that passes all understanding. This time around, I feel tempted to be guilty for the way I feel. I feel like I should be more worried and anxious. That's the way the enemy wants us to feel. Defeated in a way. Inadequate. Stressed. These things aren't what God has for us. Matthew 6 talks about worry and how it adds nothing to our lives, not one minute. In my experience, especially last semester, the worry only makes it more difficult to focus on the task at hand. The Lord keeps reminding me that He has called me here, and I am confident He won't let me fail. My dad sent me this scripture as an encouragement and it was needed at the time. "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you." John 15:16-17. We ask for peace and He will certaintly give it. Two more exams and then I get to look forward to working in Washington D.C. for the summer and learning about adoption and foster care laws and the incredible experience of working with advocates who really care about the orphans in our country. Only two left!