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.
14 Blessed shalt thou be beyond all the peoples,there shall not be in thee a barren male or female, nor among thy cattle;
7 But the sons of Israel, were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and waxed mighty, with exceeding vigour,so that the land was filled with them.
2 Mighty in the earth, shall be his seed, The generation of the upright, shall be blessed;
13 For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother.14 I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing intently!15 My substance was not hid from thee,when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.16 Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written,the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.
3 Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb:
9 Could, I, bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth? saith Yahweh. Or, I, be causing to bring forth and then prevent? 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.
13 I have might, for all things, in him that empowereth me.
9 And at once he said unto meSufficient for thee, is my favour, for, my power, in weakness, is made complete. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may spread a tent over me.
2 Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me,Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.
2 From the end of the earth, unto thee do I cry, When my heart fainteth away, Unto a rock that is higher than I, wilt thou lead me.
11 Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And in his own bosom, will he carry
3 Hearken unto me O house of Jacob, Even all the remnant of the house of Israel,Who have been borne from birth, Who have been carried from nativity:4 Even unto old age, I, am, the same, And unto grey hairs, I, will bear the burden,I have made and, I, will carry, Yea, I, will bear the burden and will deliver,
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.
15 She shall be saved, however, through means of the child-bearing,if they abide in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobermindedness. Faithful, the saying.
28 Her children rise up, and call her happy! her husband, and he praiseth her:
1 Now, the man, having come to know Eve his wife,she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a Man, even Yahweh!
1 Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said,And Yahweh did for Sarah as he had spoken.2 So, Sarah, conceived and bare, to Abraham, a son, for his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken with him.
21 So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren,and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
20 And so it was, when the days had come round during which Hannah was with child, that she bare a son,and called his name Samuel, Because, of Yahweh, I asked him. \fs15
Proteção divina
Deus protege a mãe e o bebê, guardando-os de todo mal. Ele acompanha cada momento com ternura e fidelidade.
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, Under the shadow of the Almighty, will tarry,2 Saying of YahwehMy refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I will trust.
7 Yahweh, will keep thee from all harm, He will keep thy life.8 Yahweh, will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth, even unto times age-abiding.
5 Before I formed thee at thy birth, I took knowledge of thee, And before thy nativity, I hallowed thee,A prophet to the nations, I appointed thee.
22 And when men strive together and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, hut there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the womans husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges.23 But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life;
15 Can, a woman, forget, her sucking child, Past taking compassion on the son of her womb? Even these, may forget, Yet will, I, 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.
11 By faith, even Sarah herself, received power for founding a seed, even beyond the season of lifes prime,seeing that, faithful, she reckoned, him that had promised;
45 And, happy, is she who hath believed, that there shall be a perfecting of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!
46 And Mary saidMy soul doth magnify the Lord,47 And my spirit hath exulted upon God my saviour;48 Because he hath looked upon the humbling of his handmaid; for lo! from the present time, all the generations, will pronounce me happy.49 Because he that is mighty hath done for me great things, and, holy, is his name;
9 Causing the barren woman to dwell in household, A mother of sons in her joy! Praise ye Yah.
16 and I will bless her, yea moreover will givefrom herto thee, a son,And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise.
3 Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house,Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.