Take good care of your pastor

* Luís Alberto Alves


 The pastoral function is listed among the four activities that are most difficult to exercise, according to research results in the United States.

Because a Shepherd should be:

Preacher
Example
• dad
Husband
• counselor
•lecturer
• planner
• Minister
Visionary
• director
Mentor
• friend
• Nanny
• reconciler
• marriage counselor
• Youth counselor
• Leader
• Bible teacher
• intercessor, etc., etc.

Besides being:
• temple porter
• brother driver,
• cleaning
• Leader of Praise
• good payer.
•generous.
•honest.
• punctual.
• the first to arrive and the last to leave.

Every Pastor constantly faces criticism like:

• The sermon does not satisfy me;
• The service is too long;
• The Shepherd's children are not an example ...

One of the most difficult things in a Pastor's life is knowing that people who say they love Him will betray Him.

The Shepherd is often the loneliest person in the congregation.

You may see a pastor surrounded by people, but very rarely are people concerned about your problems or needs or even in your life.
So I would like to give you some advice: if you have a Pastor or have the Pastor's children as your friends, take care of them, protect them, pray for them, connect with their vision, support them, but above all, love them.

Jeremiah 3:15
"And I will give you pastors according to my heart, that they may feed you with knowledge and understanding."

So watch out for them because "they take care of their souls as those who are accountable" Hebrews 13:17

Let us honor the lives of all those men of God who have sacrificed so many things, including some of their family's needs to heed God's call.

Value the time a Pastor gives you, you do not know how much your family would treasure this time by your side.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor