You have lots of mommies and daddies

My little girl Nevaeh can be so charming sometimes.

About a week ago, I was talking to my mom on the phone when Nevaeh came up at the end of our conversation.

As I said my goodbyes, she was right by my feet.

I hung up and Nevaeh started to talk, "Who were you talking to daddy?"

I told her, "I was talking to my mom."

Her reply back to this is a giggly laugh.

I had no idea what I said that was funny.

I asked her what she was laughing about.

This sweet innocent girl in-between laughs said, "You have way to many mommies and daddies."

Then she continued to laugh as she walked away.

I got a good laugh out of this.

Hailee, Jason and I always joke around that I have a Jerry Springer family.

Anytime, I am on the phone and one of them ask who is calling, I would answer my dad.

They would respond (not in a joking matter) which one?

That is just the way it is.

Jesus changes the idea of family and mentions a different type of family in Mark 3.

His brothers and mother were looking for him and someone told him this.

He asked them who were his mother and brothers?

Then he responded in verse 34-35 with this…

Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."

This is huge.

There was a family outside the one we already have.

There was a spiritual family now.

Whoever does his will.

Often times, we don't understand this.

We think Acts 2 Church and want that but don't understand what that truly is.

We have spiritual family that are hurting and the only thing we can say to them is I will pray for that.

I could see Jesus giving himself a slap to the forehead when we mess up in this area and think, "Were did I go wrong?"

I recently heard someone talk about conflict in the Church and part of the way they answer it is we are a family.

Then he would repeat it slower, we are a family.

A family might fight but they get through it.

They get along they help each other out in need.

They gave what they had to other people.

They had true community because they looked at each other like immediate family.

This is something we need to continue to work on as we grow in our faith.

How can we make our family like our spiritual family?

Or if you had a bad family, what would you like to make better about your spiritual family?

What could we do personally to aide a hurting family member?

I might have lots of mommies and daddies but none is greater than God and how he watches over me, I owe him giving to him the most.

Have a great day.