Drowning
There are a lot of water analogies used to describe law (any) school experience. How are you doing? Swimmingly, up to my eyeballs, deluged, swamped, just above sea-("C") level? I'd say I've been barely treading water. Which is why I have found Matthew 14 on my mind so much lately. It is late night following a long, eventful day. Christ and his disciples learned that morning their friend (mentor, cousin) John has been beheaded in prison. Despite their sorrow, crowds have pressed them for more-- of whatever it was that only He could give them -- thousands find sustenance in a few loaves and fishes. Having fed the multitude and now spent and exhausted, Christ separates himself from the throngs for a moment, perhaps to grieve alone. The disciples set off in a ship. In the dark, the voyagers see something unusual above the water. Is it a ghost? they wonder. Soon it is close enough for Peter to realize: it is Jesus! Come to me, He invites Peter. And certain of the ability t...
