JESUS HAD A FAMILY
Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.” And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." Mark 3:31-35
A mother went with her two sons to pick up her oldest son at the bowling alley. He was spending an evening with the local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The family was new in town, and the woman didn’t know the streets very well. It was dark and getting late. She had had a long day, and this was a school night. She stopped a girl going into the alley and asked her to send her son out to the car.
Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.” And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." Mark 3:31-35
A mother went with her two sons to pick up her oldest son at the bowling alley. He was spending an evening with the local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The family was new in town, and the woman didn’t know the streets very well. It was dark and getting late. She had had a long day, and this was a school night. She stopped a girl going into the alley and asked her to send her son out to the car.
The girl found him with a large group in the dining area. She told him, “Your family is here to pick you up.” He turned from her and cryptically asked the group, “Who is my family”? He swept his arms to include the whole group and said, “You are my family: You are my brothers and sisters in Christ.”
Waiting in the car, his mother reflected on the widening of her son’s social circle. At first his world was just the two of them. Over time, the boy’s world had expanded to include the rest of the family, the neighborhood and now the community. She leaned her head back and waited.
Jesus had a family; so do we. How do you understand family now?
Precious Lord, guide us and teach us to share in the familial love Jesus holds for all people who are obedient to Your will. Amen.
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