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 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”

When I read this, I was basically amazed.  You see, what I do when I’m sad is get away from people and stay away from people.  This is just an introverted thing to do.  For some reason, I feel like Jesus was introverted, but still loved people.  So when John the Baptist dies, what does Jesus do?  Well, He does try to get away from people.  But, the follow Him.  Instead of trying to get away from them again, He has compassion on them and heals them.  How cool is that?  And then when it’s acceptable for Him to send people away and be alone, He’s just like, “You know what?  Let’s feed them.”

Kind of a slap in the face?  You bet.