Taken from John Piper’s book “Let the Nations be Glad!”
Blistered feet
“I had an opportunity to hear J. Oswald Sanders speak. Hw was 89 years old and had written a book a year since he turned 70! I mention that only to exult in the utter dedication of a life poured out for the gospel without the thought of coasting in self indulgence from sixty-five to the grave.
He told the story of an indigneous missionary who walked barefoot from village to village preaching the gospel in India. After a long day of many miles and much discouragement he came to a certain village and tried to speak the gospel but was spurned. So he went to the edge of the village dejected and lay down under a tree and slept from exhaustion.
When he awoke the whole town was gathered to hear him. The head man of the village explained that they came to look him over while he was sleeping. When they saw his blistered feet they concluded that he must be a holy man, and that they had been evil to reject him. They were sorry and wanted to hear the message that he was willing to suffer so much to bring them.”
