God's Will

The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to  Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, "Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you." But he said to them in reply, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." (Mark 3:31-35)

What is the will of God? Country Western star Martina McBride gives us one answer in her 2009 song “God’s Will.”  

I met God's will on a Halloween night

He was dressed as a bag of leaves

It hid the braces on his legs at first

His smile was as bright as the August sun

When he looked at me

As he struggled down the driveway

It almost made me hurt

Will don't walk too good

Will don't talk too good

He won't do the things that the other kids do

In our neighborhood

I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin'

Lost and lookin' all my life

I've been wounded, jaded, loved, and hated

I've wrestled wrong and right

He was a boy without a father

And his mother's miracle

I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'

I guess I would be still

Yeah, that was until

I knew God's will

Will's mom had to work two jobs

We'd watch him when she had to work late

And we'd all laugh like I hadn't laughed

Since I don't know when

Hey Jude was his favorite song

At dinner he'd ask to pray

And then he'd pray for everybody in the world but him

I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin'

Lost and lookin' all my life

I've been wounded, jaded, loved, and hated

I've wrestled wrong and right

He was a boy without a father

And his mother's miracle

I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'

I guess I would be still

Yeah, that was until

I knew God's will

Before they moved to California

His mother said they didn't think he'd live

And she said each day that I have him

Well It's just another gift

And I never got to tell her

That the boy showed me the truth

In crayon red, on notebook paper

He'd written me and God love you

I've been searchin', prayin', wounded, jaded

I guess I would be still

Yeah that was until

I met God's will on a Halloween night

He was dressed as a bag of leaves

Listen to the tune on YouTube.  It is very moving and poignant.  Who do we know that is God’s “Will?”  Whoever does for God’s “Will” is Jesus’s brother and sister and mother. 

Deacon David Pierce