The Valley

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."

Psalms 23:4

I may be in a valley right now, but God will always be my God - my refuge, my strong tower, my hiding place, my strength, my promise. 

I may be in a valley right now, but I thank God for family, friends who've stuck with me and supported me (and still are). I thank God for Ash, for she's been there, and never stopped pointing me back towards God.

God, I'm in a valley right now, and this is my prayer:

Find Me Here

Speak To Me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place where I find peace again.

You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light to my soul.
You are my purpose...you're everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.
You hold me in your hands, you won't let me fall.
You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.
Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you're all I want, You're all I need
You're everything,everything
You're all I want your all I need
You're everything, everything.
You're all I want you're all I need.
You're everything, everything
You're all I want you're all I need, you're everything, everything.

[Everything - Lifehouse]

A meeting with a Doctor

I've run into problems on the thesis. Having nearly completed my legal research, I've realised that there's really nothing that the law can do in relation to the ethical issue I'm discussing. i.e. I'm slightly stuck. And my thesis is going to just me a summary of the existing law - and won't be a thesis =(...

Having said that, I had a really good meeting with Dr Richard Tai (Obs/Gyn), who talked me through some of the central issues in relation to the provision of prenatal testing. And no, I'm not pregnant - it's for my thesis.

It's amazing how much he knows about the topic (well, he's been practising for 29 years). But he really had a sound grasp of the law on the topic, which was, for a law student (yours truly)... =). 

Anyways... back to summarising what we talked about. Or rather, what he taught me

A month and counting =)

If only every day was like this

I'd run out of smiles

我爱你

Grace is always a reason to smile

Unexpectedly, she made me dinner last night =)

It had been a long day and was going to be a longer night. I had assignments due soon and a band practice to get through. Not that practice was a bad thing, but the Procedure assignment was deadly.

But in between commitments, whilst eating great pasta and enjoying good company; I realised with a wry smile the true meaning of grace.

Grace 

1. elegance of form, manner, motion or action
   
2. courteous good will
   
3. the free and unearned favour of God

[The Concise Oxford English Dictionary]

Plain English, where art thou?

There are days when I wonder whether law school is for me. Somehow I've got to get this done by tomorrow. 

Commercial Practice, Conveyancing and Drafting 2009 

Tutorial 1 - Drafting

Redraft each of the three clauses in quotation marks below using plain English. Where appropriate, you should use punctuation, short sentences, numbering, headings and clauses following the rules and examples provided to in the Manual and in the lectures.

“All benefits compositions and payments received by the Joint Venturers from or on account of the Guarantor or the Company (including any dividend upon the winding up or bankruptcy of the Guarantor or the Company) or from any other person or from the realisation of any security capable of being applied by the Joint Venturers in reduction of the indebtedness of the Guarantor under this Deed or of the Company under the Assignment Agreement shall be taken and applied by the Joint Venturers as payments in gross without any rights on the part of the Guarantor to stand in the place of the Joint Venturers in respect of or to claim the benefit of any moneys so received or any securities held by the Joint Venturers until all moneys owing under this Deed have been fully paid and satisfied and all covenants agreements and obligations on the part of the Guarantor under this Deed and the Obligations have been fully performed, observed and discharged and so that in the event of the Guarantor being wound up, made bankrupt or its estate sequestrated, the Joint Venturers shall be entitled to prove for the then total indebtedness of the Guarantor to the Joint Venturers under this Deed.”