“In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him” (Mark 1. 25, 26)

Yesterday we saw Jesus thronged with crowds of people. Today we see Jesus taking time by himself, in a deserted place so that he could pray silently. This is not the only time we Jesus escaping the fray to be by himself. But even in the dark of the early morning, the disciples hunt for him until they find him! We can glimpse something of Jesus’s real humanity in verses like this.