BONDSERVANT - An Acrostic
by
Esther Spurrill
(Age: 29)
copyright 09-16-2002
Age Rating: 7 to 127
B ound by love that's
O verflowing, choosing
N ot to be alone;
D ancing with a
S ingle partner;
E ver
R unning for the prize; giving
V ery much - yes,
A ll to the One Who
N ever fails - I give myself
T o Him.
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Debra, a bondservant in the Hebrew tradition was not a slave as such... God made a law for the Israelites that after a certain number of years, a slave must be set free. However, the slave could choose to stay and continue to work for his or her master if he wished. A freed slave who willingly chose to stay in this way was called a bondservant.
It seems a while ago I was hooked on making cheesy "great job" comments. I guess I really didn't get this. Despite my recent poem "Faithless Sinner" my heart and soul belong to Him. I plan on doing a second version of that, if you want to call it that, which recounts my rise back into faith. I love how you did this, and the words going down, what they say. It's almost disturbing though, that a poem representing such love to god would be formed of a word which is the equivalent of short term slavery. A bit disconcerting, yet thought provoking. May inquire as to exactly why you chose to use the word Bondservant?