“Pierce my ears.”

As a slave, if a man serves his master for six years

and the master gives him a wife during that time,

and she bears him sons or daughters,

the woman and her children will belong to her master,

and the man must leave alone in the seventh year as a free man,

even if his master has given him no other option to buy back his freedom.

However, if the man declares that he loves his master and his wife and children

and doesn’t want to go free, then his master must take him before the judges.

Then he shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl.

After that, he will be his servant for life

(Exodus 21:1-6).

What's intriguing is that the servant didn't just express love

for his wife and children but also for his master.

Applying this to husbands,

it means dedicating oneself not just to loving our wives and children

but also to loving our Lord, committing to being His servant for life.

This brings to mind the English gospel song "Pierce My Ear."

“Pierce my ear, oh, Lord, my God, Take me to Your door this day

I will serve no other God, Lord, I'm here to stay

For you have paid the price for me, With Your blood You ransomed me

I will serve You eternally, A free man I'll never be.”