What is Jesus like? Mark 3

The Gospel According to Mark, Chapter 3
[Note: The parenthetical numbers indicate the verses from which I am deriving my observations.]

• Jesus directly, even sometimes proactively, challenged those who were against Him (1-5).
• I need to be more bold to speak up and challenge the thinking of those who are wrong, especially in the way they apply truth.
• Jesus was angry and grieved at hardness of heart (5).
• It is OK to be angry when evangelism doesn't go well and the hearers are hard of heart.  When my natural response has been a negative emotion, such as anger or frustration, I sometimes have felt guilty, thinking, "I should just feel sorrow and compassion for them." and then beat myself up because I'm not heartbroken enough.  But even Jesus got angry with them, and it's listed first.  Yes, He was grieved, but it's OK to be angry so long as you are also grieved.
• Jesus' reputation preceded Him.  Because of all His work to minister to people, they sought him out (7-8).  
• Do people seek me out because they know my works?
• Jesus had an inner circle with whom He was more intimate and intentional (7a, 13-14).
• It's OK to have an inner circle.  It's OK to have different levels of relationships and to desire intimate fellowship with some and not others.  It is not de facto partiality; you can be impartial and still have an inner circle--Jesus did.
• Jesus' own people thought He was out of His mind and tried to intervene at times (21).
• Do not be discouraged when people think you are crazy and wrong and try to stop you.  There is a danger here that you might justify everything by saying, "I'm just like Jesus--people don't get me!" when in fact you need to hear wise counsel because you are wrong.  But if, as the context shows, you are genuinely of God and doing His will, people may still oppose you.
• Jesus radically redefined and re-prioritized His most intimate relationships to those who were in God's family (31-35).
• This speaks of the very important and intimate nature of the true church.  If we lose earthly family, we still have a spiritual one.  If our earthly family seeks to come between us and our Heavenly Father, they are to be disregarded as true family and we are to find solace in our church family.
• To be close to Jesus, you must do the Father's will.