It has been months since the 2010 bar exam had been released, nevertheless i can still the feeling of victory and relief. It is one my dreams to become a lawyer. The preparation for the bar was not easy. Honestly i am a nervous type of person and a perhaps can be described as a low esteem person. In the first place, entering law school was not even my idea. I studied law merely because i wanted to honor my parents; to make them proud so that people can look up to us. It maybe selfish, but when the result came out, with teary eyes, my mom congratulated me.
As i was waiting for the bar exam, i happened to join one of the youth fellowship of QCEC. During that time, they were watching the film, Amazing Grace: the Life of William Wilberforce. As the film was being shown, i got inspired of William Wilberforce and eventually uttered a prayer. In my prayer i told the Lord, "Lord if it is your will, if a pass the bar, use me like william wilberfore who would be an agent of change in the society."
Now that i passed and am a full pledge lawyer, i decided to leave my former work in Quezon City as a Corporate Support Group officer. I told my girlfriend that i wanted to apply to the Public Attorney's Office becuase i would like to experience litigation as a lawyer. However, i got to talked to another christian lawyer friend of mine who suggested IJM for me. I told my girlfriend about the suggestion given to me and she said that it will depend upon me. We decided to pray about it together. The next morning, i contacted my friend who happened to work at IJM. He did not just replied, he called up. He told me that he is not connected with IJM anymore since he got appointed to be a prosecutor. He went on to say that they needed a lawyer in their office in DOJ.
I accepted his invitation to join them in DOJ and it has been 3 weeks since i have been working there. Looking back, is my work in DOJ an answer to my earlier prayer when i was at QCEC? Only the Gracious Lord knows. But as for, I will walk by faith and not by sight.
