Vryheid en Slawerny – Handelinge 16 Preek
In Charles Dickens se “Christmas Carol” sien die karakter Scrooge die spook van Jacob Marley, vasgebind in ’n lang ketting, gemaak van “cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel.”
Wanneer Scrooge hom hierna vra, is sy antwoord:
“I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free-will, and of my own free-will I wore it. Is its pattenr strange to you? Or would you know the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself? It was full as heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas-eves ago. You have labored on it since. It is a ponderous chain!”
On/vry
Vandag se skrifgedeelte is ’n baie interessante speling met vryheid en slawerny, vryheid en gevangenskap. Dit vraag: wat is vryheid? Wanneer is ’n mens vry?