While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” Matthew 12:46-50 Who do you consider to be your family? Is it flesh and blood that determines who is in your family?  Or, is it as Jesus tells us?  Are believers our real family?  Do you make a distinction between your flesh and blood family and the family of faith ? Before you answer these questions, consider how Jesus saw the family.  In Jesus' world, those who do the will of the Father are real family.  And while He spoke much about caring for those in our household, Jesus made it abundantly clear that one's belief system was to be the determining factor in the depth and inti...