Beautiful Feet in Romans 10:15

A few months ago, my husband ordered shoes off a popular website. He has trouble getting big enough shoes in the town where we live and work. The shoes came and they were just a bit too small and so were uncomfortable. Rather than go through the hassle of sending them back, John had Ian, a young man that we see every week, try them on. They were a little bit too big, but the young man was thrilled to get them. He wears them a lot and is very proud of those shoes. There may be a deeper meaning associated with this simple pair of shoes. The young man volunteered to show my husband the only local church over a year ago. He went with him to interpret for him, since the services are entirely in Chinese. Ian had to struggle to interpret since he was still a students developing his skills. During that process, Ian started asking a lot of questions and thinking about the Christian faith. His mom and all of her family are active Christians but he and his dad were not. He had never been baptized and had not joined the church. He was asking his aunt, who works with a missions group, his grandfather and his mom many things about the Bible and their faith. After many months, Ian did make a profession of faith, get baptized and join the church. He continued to go with John twice a week to interpret for the church service and a Bible study, all the while improving his English. After a while of talking to his aunt and his mom and spending time with John each week interpreting, Ian felt he might be called into missions or the pastoral ministry in the future. He looks up to John a lot possibly since most of his role models are women and because John has been an ordained minister serving churches in the states. His delight in getting shoes that belonged to John may symbolize following in John's foot steps or literally the desire to walk in his shoes and follow the path John has walked. Those shoes may symbolize the life Ian has been called to live by our Lord. May the Lord bless his steps and watch out over him.