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by: Linda Lawrence If you will serve them, you’ll also be serving Me. --------------------------------- When my children were teenagers, my family complained about my resistance and lack of enthusiasm about serving them.  I had a serious talk with the Lord about what He expected.  My women friends defended me, but I needed to know the truth about my heart attitude.  What did God see? I spent a day with a concordance, and my Bible, asking God to show me His thoughts on serving others.  His word to me became very clear, and not wanting to ever forget what I read, I set the Scripture messages to music – that being the best memory tool for me.  This is what I intended to think of every day. I love Thee, Master, and all Thy children because they belong to Thee. Why should I not want to serve them, when You have done so much for me. Freedom from the yoke of servanthood means only that I’d then serve me! Why serve myself when I instead can be, the Servant of God, His Majesty! I hear You whisper, If you will serve them you’ll also be serving Me. I’ll lift your burden, take all your anger, for My yoke is light and easy. My Lord, my Master, this trust sets me free - free to give my heart willingly. Help me remember this, my vow to be - the Servant of God, His Majesty! In the years that followed, whenever I remembered to sing that song when falling into self-pity or anger, I was filled with awe that singing it always dissipated the “nasties,” immediately.  But over time, the experience and song slipped from my mind and I found myself struggling again with the same attitudes.  How could I have forgotten the vow I made to willingly be a servant of God. I needed another memory tool.  What could it be?  I wanted to be more than God’s handmaiden, I wanted to be His bondslave.  “Put an awl through my ear,” I cried, tugging at my earlobe.  That’s it! I thought, inspired to try something else to remind me of my commitment.  I decided to have my ears pierced!  But, how and when to do this?  I certainly didn’t want to go to a tattoo parlor.  When I asked my daughter-in-law about where one had their ears pierced, she asked me why I wanted to do this, now, at this stage of my life?  When I explained, she told me, with choked voice, that she pierced ears as part of her job at Merle Norman Cosmetics.  That had never occurred to me and I was thrilled to find someone I loved to help me achieve my symbolic goal.  I decided to do it on Good Friday – the day Jesus was pierced for me. I wish I could say piercing my ears has kept me from ever forgetting that I am not my own. No, I still forget but God has numerous creative ways to remind me again and again that I am privileged to be a servant of God, His Majesty! View the story online at: http://www.storiesaboutgod.org/index.php/stories/story_page/a-servant-of-god-his-majesty/

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