* Luís Alberto Alves
In the daily rush we forget the love of Jesus. We remember this on holyday or Sunday worship. Our focus is the routine that lies before us at school, at work, or even at home. We have lost more time in knowing which movie will debut on cable TV than to think of the Gospel, the words with the power of deliverance, spoken by Jesus to his disciples or prophets in the Old Testament.
The world is full of Martas. Even within the church they are present. It is enough for the cult to advance on time, that the look on the clock begins to bother the pastor, who watches everything from the pulpit. The gestures of nervousness and haste, perhaps revealing the concern with the interview that will be displayed on the television program screened on Sunday nights or even something that someone will review on social networks that day.
In this way of life, we realize that the spiritual gives way to the material, to the physical, to the small things that dominate the people in their daily lives. Everything is routine. At this time of year there is great concern about the coming of Christmas, when the Bible itself, in the Gospel of Matthew, does not reveal when the birth of Jesus Christ occurred. The business is getting ready for the holidays. It's a time of running to the shops, to the malls. Anyway the deal is to look beautiful or beautiful in the photo.
It is notorious the reduction of public in the cults from the second fortnight of December. The business is to take a vacation from Jesus ... that's right, people travel leaving the Lord aside, as if the Gospel were something fast food. Enjoy and throw away. We need to rest, because no one is iron, but we can not leave aside our call.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
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