Jesus said to her, 

"Don't hold on to me, for I haven't yet gone up to my Father. 

Go to my brothers and sisters and tell them, 

'I'm going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

John 20:17 CEB

Here we have the first missionary journey after Jesus's resurrection, the first proclamation of the gospel, the first spark of the New Testament church that flows to us today. 

And Jesus didn't give that spark to a person with power or influence, someone who's word would be accepted, but to someone small in the eyes of the world. Someone who's life had been entwined with Jesus life. 

Mary, go to my people and tell them. 

Just like the dawn is breaking and everything is new, so is Life. 

You no longer have to live in the shadows, everything is shifted, you go and tell my people. 

No longer is it about the power structures of this world, the culture, you are valued and valuable, you go and tell my people that I'm going back to my Father and yours, to my God and yours, He's yours now too. 

Something shifted in the fabric of everything. 

The upsidedown kingdom is underway. 

If you have the smallest and least likely voice today, then you're in good company. 

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