And Jesus said to them,
"A prophet is not without honor,
except
in his hometown
and
among his relatives
and
in his own household."
Mark 6:4 ESV
Ever been let down, rejected, by those who should have been on your side?
Jesus knows what that's like
His hometown. Think small community where everyone knows everyone.
His relatives. The wider family.
His own household. The people he'd been brought up with.
Jesus knows what it's like to not be accepted for who you are.
To not be seen.
To not be known.
To be lost in a place you shouldn't be lost in.
He knows.
If that is your experience you have a saviour who knows.
And.
This is not the way it should be.
Jesus rejection here was a taste of the ultimate aloneness he faced on the cross, so that we will only know God's love,
so that we will be accepted.
Seen.
Known.
Loved.
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