Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Knowing God - Jesus Removed Himself



Matt 14:13
 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

Jesus heard how John the Baptist was beheaded.  When he heard this, Jesus departed to a place away from ministry, crowds and responsibilities.  Jesus was fully human.  Jesus sets an example for us in this response to the horrific death of his cousin.  He shows us that we may need to set aside some time to grieve and process losses and horrific news.  Jesus made a choice to be alone with His Father after such news.   We are allowed to grieve and we are more than allowed time to process things apart from social obligations.  If you get bad news and you sense a desire to get away for a while, Jesus’ example frees us to pursue this.  

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