Instantly, the skin disease left him, and he was clean. 

Sternly, Jesus sent him away, saying, 

"Don't say anything to anyone. 

Instead, go and show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifice for your cleansing that Moses commanded. This will be a testimony to them."

Instead, he went out and started talking freely and spreading the news so that Jesus wasn't able to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, but people came to him from everywhere.

Mark 1:42-45 CEB

This person moved in an instant from unwell to well.

From outcast to accepted.

From solitude to community.

And he simply couldn't keep quiet about it (even though Jesus had told him off).

And he skipped the power structures of his community altogether it seems. Jesus told him to go to those in power and follow the rules and it seems that in his heart at least, that didn't seem to matter anymore.

Jesus had changed his life, and he needed to let people know.

Maybe your story isn't as dramatic as this person's story, but it's no less important, no less worthy of being heard.

What in you needs to be heard?

What's your from and to story?

Where in our lives is that moving happening?

(This person didn't let the power structures of his world hold him back - what might be holding us back?)

#gospelofMark #GoodNews 

#somethingtosay