God's Will

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“God's Will”
Single by Martina McBride from the album Martina
Released	October 2004
Format	radio single
Genre	country
Length	4:48 (album version)
Label	RCA Nashville
Writer(s)	Tom Douglas, Barry Dean
Producer	Martina McBride, Paul Worley
Martina McBride singles chronology
"How Far" (2004) "God's Will" (2004) "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden" (2005)

"God's Will" is the fourth and final single released from country singer Martina McBride's Martina album.

The song was released to country radio in October 2004 and peaked at #16. A video for the song was released in the fall of 2004.

[edit] Content

"God's Will" tells of the singer's encounter with a physically handicapped boy named Will, who is "dressed as a bag of leaves" for his Halloween costume. Upon watching the boy walk up her driveway, the singer tells of how she had been feeling "wounded, jaded, loved and hated" until she "met God's Will". Here, the song's title serves as a play on words -- not just that the singer has found the will of God, but also that she has found it through the example of a boy named Will.

In the second verse, the narrator explains how she has had to watch Will at times when his mother had to work late, and of the activities they would perform together in the mother's absence. By the bridge of the song, the boy and his mother have moved to California; shortly before moving, the boy had given her a note reading "Me and God love you".

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004-2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	85