Psalms 116:16

Psalms 116:16. O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Still read this Psalm very personally, - you especially who have had godly mothers. Say, "I am a born slave, - born of one who was thy slave, for I delight to use even such a hard name as that. I am God’s servant, born of one of God’s servants: ‘the son of thine handmaid.’" I like to remember that it was so in my own case, and I can truthfully say to the Lord, "I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid." "Thou hast loosed my bonds," by making me to feel the bonds of thy grace. There is no liberty like complete subjection to God. The greatest freedom of thought is to think only God’s thoughts; and the highest freedom of living is to live according to the rule of holiness in the ways of the Most High.