Mark 6:4-6 CSB

Jesus said to them, 

"A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, 

among his relatives, 

and in his household."

He was not able to do a miracle there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. 

And he was amazed at their unbelief...

Mark 6:4-6 CSB

Jesus went back home, to his people, family, relatives, the community he grew up in, and he wasn't believed.

And it impacted him.

Deeply.

If Jesus equilibrium is upset because he was not accepted for who he was by the people who he grew up with, if being rejected impacted his ability to do what he came to do, then just maybe, when we're not accepted, experience rejection, are misunderstood, not seen or heard by people who were once on our team, raised us, were part of our life, that might just impact us too.

Jesus felt it, it's OK for us to feel it too. 

Validation, love, acceptance. To be seen for who we are (not just for who we once were) is important. 

It matters.

In the Big Story does what Jesus family and people think about him matter?

Did their rejection of him matter?

Yes it did.

Jesus story mattered, and your story, our stories matter too. 

#gospelofMark #GoodNews 

#yourstorymatterstoo