marked as a servant of God…
Friday, February 5, 2010
ever since i became a christian i’ve felt a call to serve God. i never thought i’d be working a career job until i retired, there seemed to be something else that i was called to. even now i’m not 100% sure what that is, as God often re-directs us from paths that we *thought* we were travelling… but i know that i am called to be a servant of God.
that idea is really important to me, something that i shall treasure and strive for all my life. i’ve always wanted a tattoo, but i’ve only wanted to get something that is meaningful to me, and something that won’t lose its meaning with time… so when i finally got myself inked it was with the words doulos and yahweh
the word “doulos” in greek means bondservant or slave; in the new testament it refers to someone who has chosen to remain a slave of his master, it describes the absolute surrender of someone who is totally devoted to their master.
the word “Yahweh” or “YHWH” in hebrew means Jehovah, I AM. it speaks of God being eternal, existing before all and continuing to exist after all is destroyed.
there’s more symbology in my tattoo design too… the old testament was written in (mostly) hebrew and the new testament was written in greek and there’s also a huge difference in the old covenant and the new covenant! behind the words i have two symbols as well, one being the cross and the other being a triquetra – the cross representing Jesus’ sacrifice for my sin and the triquetra representing the unity and eternity of the trinity.
so here are my tatts! i got them done on wednesday night and they still need a little bit of touching up, but i love them! i hope you do too…
scrawled bysteve at 8:44 PM
They look awesome dude congrats on your first ink.
Cool beans :)
Now let's just hope you don't decide to go work in a country like Turkey :P
@kayt - thanks dude! would love to get more one day, but dunno if i'll get the chance...
@luke - not really planning on doing mission in turkey, but if we did i can always cover them with a watch or bands or something like that. and if that's not good enough i could always just get them covered with larger tatts ;-)
Haha, I can't believe you got both done at once. You're so hard core...:P
So your ink is trending on Pinterest (fun fact), the dulous tattoo is ah-maz-ing! To God be the glory!