A verse I read in Mark’s gospel reminded me of something my friend Marty Johnson told me long ago. “Silence is not always golden,” he said. “Sometimes, it’s yellow.”
What spurred that memory was Mark’s description of the moment when a young man ran up to Jesus and asked what he needed to do to gain eternal life. Mark didn’t just repeat their conversation, but he gave a full account of how they acted and what they felt.
The young man came running and knelt before Jesus as He was walking down the road. Jesus didn’t just answer the fellow, but watched him intently.
Mark wanted us to know that.