Picking up a spade to dig for the first few times may cause blister wounds on the palms. That’s because the hands are not used to handling such equipment. So it is with evangelism. Initially when one goes out to witness or preach, one may experience difficulties dealing with different kinds of people. Their looks, words and actions may often seem intimidating. One may feel hurt and be discouraged. Nothing to worry much though; for as one keeps handling the spade, the hands would get used to it and become firm and stop blistering.
As you get going doing the Lord’s work, you will understand that such things are part of the exercise and they won’t bother you much. Applying a little medicine and covering the blister with a bandage usually solves the problem. So also, prayer and laying one’s burdens on the Lord can heal the hurts when one does the Lord’s work.
