{"id":16895,"date":"2023-03-30T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/?p=16895"},"modified":"2023-03-30T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T22:00:00","slug":"within-the-limits-of-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/nos-limites-das-ambicoes\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge of Ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Ricardo Steven Valenzuela\u2026 if you hear the name, you might not even think that he is someone with an incredibly remarkable story, with a brilliance as intense as it was brief.<br>However, when mentioning Ritchie Valens \u2014 the stage name by which he became known worldwide \u2014 it&#039;s unlikely anyone will fail to recognize that we&#039;re talking about the American boy of Mexican origin, famous for the hit &quot;La Bamba&quot;.<br>Born in the Los Angeles area in 1941, he began performing in 1956 at the age of 15, recording other hit songs besides &quot;La Bamba,&quot; such as &quot;Come on Let&#039;s Go&quot; and the song in which he pays homage to his namesake girlfriend, &quot;Donna.&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id_31f247-9d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id_31f247-9d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id_31f247-9d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(65% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(35% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id_31f247-9d > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id_31f247-9d > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id_31f247-9d > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id_31f247-9d alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle\">\n<style>.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_f10e02-6f{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_f10e02-6f{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_f10e02-6f{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_f10e02-6f{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_f10e02-6f{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_f10e02-6f{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_f10e02-6f{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_f10e02-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column_f10e02-6f\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">But on February 3, 1959, a few months before turning 18, he left\u2014in a hurry so as not to be late for a show that was already scheduled\u2014on a flight along with two other musician friends: Jiles Perry Richardson (The Big Booper) and Charles Hardin Holley (known as \u201cBuddy Holly\u201d).<br>Due to strong winds and poor visibility resulting from bad weather, the pilot was unable to control the plane, which crashed into a cornfield a few minutes after takeoff, killing all 4 occupants.<br>Thus ended, tragically, the careers and lives of three promising musicians: Booper, 28; Holly, 22 (whose wife was pregnant and lost the baby due to the shock of receiving the news); and Valens, just 17.<br>February 3, 1959, is still known in the USA as... <a aria-label=\"THE DAY THAT MUSIC DIED (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Music_Died\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">THE DAY THAT MUSIC DIED<\/a> \u2014 THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED \u2014, even being mentioned in the famous song &quot;American Pie&quot; by Don McLean.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_d8a416-15{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_d8a416-15{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_d8a416-15{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_d8a416-15{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_d8a416-15{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_d8a416-15{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_d8a416-15{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_d8a416-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column_d8a416-15\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/cb:6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:16983\/id:46fb8d6b0ae3b789ad5a6c213e3d08bc\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/tdtmd.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/cb:6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:16983\/id:46fb8d6b0ae3b789ad5a6c213e3d08bc\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/tdtmd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16983\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Although the tragedy is the same for all the families of the victims of that cold and rainy night, from the pilot to the musicians, and even because of the fatal consequence of a miscarriage, Valens&#039; case seems to generate even greater outrage for many people, because he was the youngest and, to this day, the most remembered among those who lost their lives in that tragedy.<br>Brazilian musician Raul Seixas would say, years later, that if this tragedy hadn&#039;t occurred, Rock&#039;n Roll would have had a completely different history than what is known today, such was the potential and influence of the young musicians, especially Valens, who was beginning to emerge and already showed an even greater capacity to influence the genre than his friends.<br>Many things can be speculated about what would have happened if the tragedy of February 3, 1959, had not occurred, but what no one will certainly disagree with is that, humanly speaking, nothing positive or even just can be seen in that tragedy: three talented young people and the pilot were gone at once, leaving families and friends inconsolable and a history of music very different from the course it has taken since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">However, even such a painful event can lead a heart touched by the power of God to reflection.<br>Human beings have their plans and projects, some quite ambitious and others even monumental\u2026 and things have to be that way, because without ambition\u2014not the excessive kind, but the natural kind needed to achieve goals and objectives\u2014people cannot have a happy life: simply counting one day after another does not satisfy the need to \u201cgive meaning to life\u201d that everyone has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The fact is that human beings, particularly Christians, can never forget their transient condition, that is, that they are simply mortal and their life does not last forever in this world: even achieving everything they dream of, their achievements will not remain forever\u2026<br>Solomon, who held the highest position anyone could hold in his time, recognizes this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Then I focused on the work of building magnificent structures:<br>I built palaces for myself and planted immense vineyards.<br>I designed and commissioned the construction of beautiful gardens and orchards, and in them I planted all kinds of fruit trees.<br>I built large water reservoirs to irrigate my many lush green forests.<br>I bought countless slaves, both male and female, and many of them were born on my lands.<br>Besides all these servants, I had more cattle and sheep than all who lived before me in Jerusalem.<br>I amassed for myself silver and gold, the untold riches of kings and provinces.<br>I chose the best singers, both male and female, and ate a huge harem, experiencing the greatest pleasures a human being could dream of.<br>I became more powerful and famous than all the rulers who lived in Jerusalem before me, always staying true to my wisdom.<br>Of all that my eyes and my body desired, I denied them nothing;<br>I have never deprived my heart of any joy;<br>I knew how to enjoy all my work;<br>This, then, was the reward I received for all the hard work I diligently performed.<br>However, the moment I began to examine all that my hands had produced and the work that I had so joyfully striven to accomplish, I understood that, in truth, it was all nothing but vanity, a useless and enormous emptiness, like chasing after the wind;<br>In other words, there is no real value, nothing useful, in anything that is done under the sun.<\/p>\n<cite>(Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">But observing this &quot;everything,&quot; which he called &quot;vanity,&quot; from the original Hebrew, the word is better translated as &quot;soap bubble&quot; or &quot;smoke,&quot; that is, something that lasts only a few brief moments and then vanishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Many people have achieved and continue to achieve immense glory in their earthly lives, and there is nothing inherently wrong with that. It is necessary that there be in the world both those who lead and those who execute; both managers and workers: each has a gift given by the Holy Spirit and should make the best use of it for their life and to help build the Kingdom of God in the world.<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">1\u02e2\u1d57 Corinthians 12<\/mark><\/strong>).<br>Problems only arise when earthly projects and ambitions become the center of a Christian&#039;s existence, supplanting the importance of things that are unseen and eternal.<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">2\u207f\u1d48 Corinthians 4:18<\/mark><\/strong>).<br>This is because, in addition to being subject to having our earthly lives ended as unexpectedly as those of the talented musicians on February 3, 1959, we may also begin to think that the meaning of our existence is linked to this world and what we accomplish in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Many people besides Ritchie Valens and his friends have had their <a aria-label=\"promising lives and careers (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2023\/02\/qual-o-valor-de-seus-sonhos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">promising lives and careers<\/a> (and even already successful and solid businesses) ended prematurely, without having had time to realize their other dreams.<br>Nothing is certain in this world, so clinging excessively, or even recklessly, to earthly dreams is a very big risk, as they may not come true... either due to impossible circumstances or the premature end of earthly life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We have the example of someone who gave up many things after being enlightened by the Spirit of God to cling to what truly mattered: the Apostle Paul was certainly one of the people who lost the most prestige and privileges in the Jewish world and even in the Greco-Roman world when he embraced the Christian faith.<br>From a respected authority figure, he became a persecuted outlaw and ended his life as a martyr.<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">2\u207f\u1d48 Timothy 4:6-7<\/mark><\/strong>).<br>However, he never turned back after being converted to Christ; on the contrary, everything he possessed before, he came to consider as refuse, or, as it appears in the original Greek of Philippians 3:8, dung! This is because he, like Moses, already knew before him, that the pleasure of sin is transitory (<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Hebrews 11:24-27<\/strong><\/mark>), whereas Christ&#039;s reward is eternal, and indescribably greater than anything we can imagine (<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">1\u02e2\u1d57 Corinthians 2:9<\/mark><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Let us pursue our dreams and projects, for they are positive when established in accordance with Christian principles: earthly ambitions and projects are not incompatible with the Christian faith as long as they do not lead a person to be more concerned with them than with their relationship with God, through Jesus Christ.<br>But let us always remain aware of the transience of our earthly life: the great purpose of our existence lies beyond what is seen, to be achieved in eternity, where that which we never dreamed of obtaining will be given to us by the grace of God in Christ, so that it may never be taken from us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In the Bonds of Calvary.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size:1.4em;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" class=\"wp-block-post-author has-text-color has-ast-global-color-5-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4aa7919509ba61a62237ea02d8eeb70d96554016984c0a9af187ab2e3f95fc8?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4aa7919509ba61a62237ea02d8eeb70d96554016984c0a9af187ab2e3f95fc8?s=192&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Eduardo Pydd Teixeira<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__bio\"><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ffff00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">ORIGINAL TITLE<\/mark>Perhaps even music will die, but not everything ends in death.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This particular article immediately reminded me of the Brazilian version of this accident, which occurred on March 2, 1996, with the band... <a aria-label=\"Mamonas Assassinas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mamonas_Assassinas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Mamonas Assassinas<\/a>\u2026<br>Coincidences (or not) aside, it seems that the end times are revealing themselves more and more rapidly, and before the Lord returns like a thief in the night, we can already observe signs of the prophesied reign of the Antichrist consolidating not only in Brazil, but throughout the world!<br>In the 2023 phase of &quot;The Worst Gospel,&quot; I decided to use new formats in the hope of helping to increase the reach of content related to the Scriptures\u2014stories, videos, shorter texts, guest authors\u2026\u2014and this publication, which I took the liberty of revising and illustrating, is part of that project.<br>Thank you for reading this far.<br>I still need all the help I can get: comments, shares, and reactions help spread this content, which was entirely produced with the intention of contributing to the edification of the Body of Christ in the world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricardo Steven Valenzuela\u2026 se voc\u00ea ouvir o nome, talvez nem pense se tratar de algu\u00e9m com uma hist\u00f3ria incrivelmente marcante, com um brilho t\u00e3o intenso quanto breve.Por\u00e9m, ao se mencionar Ritchie Valens \u2014 o nome art\u00edstico pelo qual ficou conhecido mundialmente \u2014, dificilmente algu\u00e9m vai ficar sem saber que estamos falando do garoto americano de origem mexicana, famoso pelo hit \u201cLa Bamba\u201d.Nascido nos arredores de Los Angeles em 1941, come\u00e7ou a se apresentar em 1956, com 15 anos de idade, gravando outros hit de sucesso al\u00e9m de \u201cLa Bamba\u201d, como \u201cCome on Let\u2019s Go\u201d e a m\u00fasica em que homenageia sua namorada hom\u00f4nima \u201cDonna\u201d. Mas em 3 de fevereiro de 1959, poucos meses antes de completar 18 anos, partiu \u2014 \u00e0s pressas para n\u00e3o se atrasar para um show que j\u00e1 estava agendado \u2014 em um v\u00f4o junto a outros dois amigos m\u00fasicos: Jiles Perry Richardson (The Big Booper) e Charles Hardin Holley (conhecido como \u201cBuddy Holly\u201d).Devido aos fortes ventos e \u00e0 baixa visibilidade consequentes do mau tempo, o piloto acabou n\u00e3o conseguindo controlar o avi\u00e3o, que caiu em um milharal poucos minutos ap\u00f3s a decolagem, matando todos os 4 ocupantes.Encerrava-se assim, de forma tr\u00e1gica, a carreira e a vida de tr\u00eas promissores m\u00fasicos: Booper, com 28 anos; Holly, de 22 (cuja esposa estava gr\u00e1vida e perdeu o beb\u00ea com o choque que teve ao receber a not\u00edcia); e Valens, com apenas 17.O dia 3 de fevereiro de 1959 \u00e9 at\u00e9 hoje conhecido nos EUA como THE DAY THAT MUSIC DIED \u2014 O DIA EM QUE A M\u00daSICA MORREU \u2014, sendo citado, inclusive, na famosa can\u00e7\u00e3o \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d, de Don McLean. Embora a trag\u00e9dia seja igual para todos os familiares das v\u00edtimas daquela noite fria e chuvosa, do piloto aos m\u00fasicos, e mesmo pela fatalidade de um aborto como consequ\u00eancia, o caso de Valens parece gerar um inconformismo ainda maior para muitas pessoas, por ele ser o mais jovem e, at\u00e9 hoje, o mais lembrado dentre os que perderam a vida naquela trag\u00e9dia.O brasileiro Raul Seixas diria, anos depois, que se essa trag\u00e9dia n\u00e3o tivesse ocorrido, o Rock\u2019n Roll teria tido uma hist\u00f3ria completamente diferente do que se conhece hoje, t\u00e3o grande era o potencial e a influ\u00eancia dos jovens m\u00fasicos, especialmente de Valens, que come\u00e7ava a despontar e j\u00e1 mostrava uma capacidade ainda maior de influenciar o g\u00eanero do que seus amigos.Pode-se especular muitas coisas a respeito do que teria acontecido caso a trag\u00e9dia de 3 de fevereiro de 1959 n\u00e3o tivesse ocorrido, mas o que ningu\u00e9m certamente discordar\u00e1 \u00e9 que n\u00e3o se pode, humanamente falando, ver algo de positivo ou at\u00e9 justo naquela trag\u00e9dia: tr\u00eas jovens talentosos e mais o piloto se foram de uma vez, deixando fam\u00edlias e amigos inconsol\u00e1veis e uma hist\u00f3ria da m\u00fasica bem diferente dos rumos que foram tomados desde ent\u00e3o. No entanto, mesmo um acontecimento t\u00e3o doloroso pode levar um cora\u00e7\u00e3o tocado pelo poder de Deus \u00e0 reflex\u00e3o.O ser humano tem seus planos e projetos, alguns bem ambiciosos e outros at\u00e9 mesmo monumentais\u2026 e as coisas tem mesmo de ser assim, pois, sem que haja ambi\u00e7\u00e3o \u2014 n\u00e3o a desmedida, mas a natural para que se alcancem objetivos e metas \u2014, as pessoas n\u00e3o conseguem ter uma vida feliz: simplesmente contar um dia ap\u00f3s o outro n\u00e3o satisfaz a necessidade de &#8220;dar sentido \u00e0 vida&#8221; que todos t\u00eam. O fato \u00e9 que o ser humano, particularmente o crist\u00e3o, nunca pode se esquecer de sua condi\u00e7\u00e3o transit\u00f3ria, ou seja, de que \u00e9 simples mortal e a sua vida n\u00e3o dura para sempre neste mundo: mesmo conquistando tudo o que sonha, n\u00e3o permanecer\u00e1 para sempre com suas conquistas\u2026Salom\u00e3o, que ocupou a posi\u00e7\u00e3o mais alta que algu\u00e9m poderia ocupar em seu tempo, reconhece isso: Depois concentrei-me no trabalho de edificar obras magn\u00edficas:constru\u00ed pal\u00e1cios para mim mesmo e plantei imensos vinhedos.Projetei e mandei construir belos jardins e pomares e neles plantei todo tipo de \u00e1rvore frut\u00edfera.Constru\u00ed grandes reservat\u00f3rios de \u00e1gua para irrigar os meus muitos bosques verdejantes.Comprei uma infinidade de escravos e escravas e muitos foram os escravos que nasceram em minhas terras.Al\u00e9m de toda essa criadagem, tive mais bois e ovelhas do que todos os que viveram antes de mim em Jerusal\u00e9m.Acumulei para mim prata e ouro, riquezas sem conta dos reis e das prov\u00edncias.Escolhi os melhores cantores e cantoras, e servi-me de um imenso har\u00e9m, experimentei os maiores prazeres que um ser humano pode sonhar.Tornei-me mais poderoso e famoso do que todos os governantes que viveram em Jerusal\u00e9m antes de mim, sempre me mantendo junto ao meu saber.De tudo quanto meus olhos e meu corpo desejaram n\u00e3o lhes neguei nada;jamais privei meu cora\u00e7\u00e3o de alegria alguma;sabia desfrutar de todo o meu trabalho;essa, pois, foi a recompensa que obtive de todo o trabalho que realizei dedicadamente.Contudo, no momento em que passei a examinar tudo o que minhas m\u00e3os haviam produzido e o trabalho que eu tanto me esfor\u00e7ara com alegria para realizar, compreendi que, na verdade, tudo n\u00e3o passava de vaidade, um in\u00fatil e enorme vazio, como correr atr\u00e1s do vento;ou seja, n\u00e3o h\u00e1 qualquer valor real, nada \u00fatil, em tudo o que se faz debaixo do sol. (Eclesiastes 2:4-11 &#8211; KJA) Mas observando esse &#8220;tudo&#8221;, que ele chamava de \u201cvaidade\u201d, a partir do original hebraico, a palavra \u00e9 melhor traduzida como \u201cbolha de sab\u00e3o\u201d ou \u201cfuma\u00e7a\u201d, ou seja, algo que dura apenas alguns breves momentos e logo se vai. Muitas pessoas conquistaram e conquistam gl\u00f3rias imensas em sua vida terrena e n\u00e3o h\u00e1 nenhum mal intr\u00ednseco nisso. \u00c9 necess\u00e1rio que haja no mundo tanto pessoas que liderem, quanto as que executem; tanto gerentes quanto oper\u00e1rios: cada um tem um dom dado pelo Esp\u00edrito Santo e dele deve fazer o melhor uso para sua vida e para ajudar a edificar o Reino de Deus no mundo (1\u00aa Cor\u00edntios 12).S\u00f3 passa a haver problemas quando os projetos e ambi\u00e7\u00f5es terrenas se tornam o centro da exist\u00eancia do crist\u00e3o, suplantando a import\u00e2ncia das coisas que n\u00e3o se v\u00eaem e que s\u00e3o eternas (2\u00aa Cor\u00edntios 4:18).Isso porque, al\u00e9m<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[464],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apologetica"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":464,"label":"Apolog\u00e9tica"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Eduardo Pydd Teixeira","author_link":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/author\/eduardo-pydd\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":464,"name":"Apolog\u00e9tica","slug":"apologetica","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":464,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":96,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":464,"category_count":96,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Apolog\u00e9tica","category_nicename":"apologetica","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions.jpg",1920,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions.jpg",1920,1080,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions.jpg",18,10,false],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ambitions.jpg",1320,743,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Eduardo Pydd Teixeira","author_link":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/author\/eduardo-pydd\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Ricardo Steven Valenzuela\u2026 se voc\u00ea ouvir o nome, talvez nem pense se tratar de algu\u00e9m com uma hist\u00f3ria incrivelmente marcante, com um brilho t\u00e3o intenso quanto breve.Por\u00e9m, ao se mencionar Ritchie Valens \u2014 o nome art\u00edstico pelo qual ficou conhecido mundialmente \u2014, dificilmente algu\u00e9m vai ficar sem saber que estamos falando do garoto americano de&hellip;","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}