I had my earlobes pierced

But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, then take an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your maidservant. (Deut 15:17,18)

In the old testament days, after having served for six years, a servant had to be freed in the seventh year. But the servant had the choice to stay with his master for life and not leave. The motivating factor for the servant to stay. was that he loved his master and his family and was blessed by them. If the sevant decided to stay, then the master would take an awl and push it through the servant's ear lobe into the door, thus putting a physical sign that that person belonged to him forever.

The apostles Peter, James and Paul counted themselves as servants/slaves/bond-servants (greek: doulos) of Jesus Christ. It does not mean that these apostles were under forced servitude or slavery. On the other hand, the love of Christ had so captivated their hearts that they could not but offer themselves as a doulos. Paul says that the love of Christ constrains or compels Him.At another place he says that Christ had apprehended him.

When I got apprehended and arrested by God's love and His grace, I gave up all resistance and surrendered myself as a prisoner of Christ. I gave up my rights & privileges and abandoned myself completely to His grace and love. I love Him and His family because He first loved me, even when I was a servant of the enemy(Sin). I have found out how blessed I am in Him. He purchased me by His blood and has pierced my earlobe. I am His forever by His doing. How can I resist His love?