Cheer Up My Brothers, Live in the Sunshine

Glorious sight, huh? While on my trip up to Santa Rosa to be an usher in my roommate Christian Locatell's wedding, I took a lot of pictures. This one's my favorite. It's the coolest thing I saw in San Francisco. Yes, I ate at both places (accompanied by Robby Wisnewski and Ray Myers).

So I wrote this great post last weekend, and for some reason, it failed to publish. And being the idiot I am, I failed to save it. I'll give you the basic run-down of what I said:

I got my scores back from the LSAT. I did not score as well as I hoped. It's been humbling-- school's always been the thing that I'm good at, and I totally blow the biggest test of my life. But I now rest in the basic truth that if the Lord wants me to go to Law School, it is clear that it will be His work, and none of my own, that gets me there. Of course, I'm still going to work hard towards the goal of law school and becoming a lawyer, but it is more clear now than ever that despite our best efforts, it is always the Lord who brings us through. This will no doubt be the case here: if God wants me at Law school, He'll get me there. His name be praised. Seriously.

Which reminds me of something else that's been going on lately. After more than a year of several trips to Uganda, no doubt many tears and prayers, a plethora of court apperances, and countless conversations to court officials, Cindi and Gunner Gundersen will finally be welcoming their son Judah into their home at Oak Manor this friday. You can read all about it at Gunner's blog. They have trusted the Lord through good times and rough times, and have looked to Him when things seemed hopeless. He has rewarded their effort, patience, and trust and is bringing them their son soon. It has been such a beautiful example of what it looks like to wait upon the Lord, and is a model I hope to follow as I apply to Law Schools with my mediocre score.

Ever since I learned to play the guitar, my favorite thing to do has been to figure out how to play old hymns, especially what would be called "old-timey religion music." One of my personal favorites is "There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood", and I try to play it as much as possible for worship at my Bible Study. You know the type of songs, some are theologically sound enough to sing at G-Comm, others don't quite make the cut ;-) (that's just a mild jab at my church's music department, nothing personal). One I learned last weekend has been a great commentary (at least in my mind) of all the stuff I see going on in my life and in the lives of others. It's called "Farther Along"-- check it out, it's pretty good.

Adios, muchachos.