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He didn't allow anyone to follow him except Peter, James, and John, James' brother.
Mark 5:37 CEB
Jesus has been followed by crowds all day.
He even got in a boat and crossed the lake and crowds followed him, pressing in.
And now Jesus says "no".
He's going to Jarius's house, where the report is that his daughter has died. Maybe the crowd knows that or not, but Jesus imposes a boundary here. 
Peter, James & John only. The writer of this gospel, Mark, along with the other disciples, is excluded. 
Boundaries.
Jesus would gap it off into the wilderness to pray.
Boundaries.
The rich young ruler walked away from Jesus unhappy - Jesus didn't chase him down trying to make him happy. No people pleasing here. 
Boundaries.
In this case Jesus boundary may have been for Jarius and his family, for Jesus, or for the 3 of his team, for the little girl in the heart of this story, or for all of them in some way.
Boundaries are OK, necessary, and just as Jesus put them in place at times for his benefit, his thriving, what he needed, he also did it for others.
Where do our boundaries need some work, some repair, some strengthening?
#gospelofMark #GoodNews 
#invitation 
#boundaries
#boundariesbecauseweareBeloved

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