Sunrise, Broken Bow, Nebraska, USA
It was so quiet that I could nearly hear the light as the sun’s early rays cut across the Nebraska farmland. It was a quiet peace-filled morning, just me and the Lord.
The gospel of Mark, more than perhaps any other gospel, depicts the chaotic life that Jesus must have had during his three years of public ministry. Jesus was like a magnet drawing lost souls to him as he healed and preached the gospel. He hardly had time to rest. It must have been such a sharp contrast to his time as a laborer. Yet even Jesus needed time alone, listening to his father. We see Jesus satisfying this need in the early morning hours in this first chapter of the gospel of Mark. In our overly busy world, we need to imitate Jesus, we need to find our deserted place where we can be alone listening to our heavenly father.