Gravidez e maternidade
Gravidez e maternidade são bênçãos celebradas na Bíblia. Deus forma cada criança no ventre, cuida da mãe e da família, e abençoa a geração dos justos.
Filhos são herança do Senhor
Deus abençoa a fertilidade e o crescimento das famílias. Cada criança é obra de suas mãos, conhecida e amada antes mesmo de nascer.
Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you or among your beasts.
And the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
His seed shall be mighty upon earth;
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the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
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For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are thy works, and that, my soul knows right well.
My body was not hid from thee, even though I was made in secret and brought together in the lowest parts of the earth.
Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which were then formed, without lacking one of them.
Behold, sons are a heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is to be desired.
I, who make births to happen, shall I not be with child? saith the Lord; I, who causes conception, shall I be stopped? saith thy God.
Força e cuidado na gravidez
Deus dá forças à mulher grávida e a sustenta em cada etapa. Sua graça é suficiente e seu poder se aperfeiçoa na fraqueza.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, I will rather glory in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Incline thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily; be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me.
From the end of the earth I will cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
And even to your old age I am he, and even to grey hairs I will carry you; I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will deliver you.
A bênção da maternidade
A Bíblia honra a maternidade como ministério sagrado. As mães são instrumentos de Deus para formar vidas e transmitir a fé.
notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if she continues in faith and charity and sanctification and modesty.
Her sons rose up and called her blessed; her husband also, and he praised her.
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And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain and said, I have gained a man by the Lord.
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did with Sarah as he had spoken.
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
And Isaac prayed unto the Lord for his wife because she was barren; and the Lord accepted him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Therefore, it came to pass when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, she bore a son and called his name Samuel, {Heb. heard of God} saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
Proteção divina
Deus protege a mãe e o bebê, guardando-os de todo mal. Ele acompanha cada momento com ternura e fidelidade.
He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He is my hope and my fortress: my God; in him will I secure myself.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the Gentiles.
If men strive and hurt a woman with child so that she aborts but without death, he shall be surely punished according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him, and he shall pay by the judges.
And if there is death, then thou shalt pay life for life,
Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even though they may forget, I will not forget thee.
Esperança e promessa
A maternidade é caminho de esperança. Como Sara, Ana e Isabel, as mães encontram na fé a força para aguardar as promessas de Deus.
By faith also Sara herself being sterile received strength to conceive seed and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she believed him to be faithful who had promised.
And blessed is she that believed, for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Then Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saving Health,
for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden; for, behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty has done great things unto me, and holy is his name.
He makes the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of sons. Halelu-JAH.
And I will bless her and give thee a son also of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of Gentiles; kings of peoples shall be of her.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house; thy children like olive plants round about thy table.