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 You will be blessed above all peoples: there will not be male or female barren among you{}, or among your{} cattle.
7 And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
2 His seed will be mighty on earth: The generation of the upright will be blessed.
13 For you formed my inward parts: You knit me together in my mother's womb.14 I will give thanks to you; because of your awesome works I am distinguished Wonderful are your works; And my soul knows that very well.15 My frame was not hidden from you, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.16 Your eyes saw me developing from conception; And in your book they were all written, [Even] the days that were formed [for me] When as yet there was none of them.
3 Look, sons are a heritage of Yahweh; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
9 Will I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says Yahweh: will I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]? says your 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 can do all things in him who strengthens me.
9 And he has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
2 Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: Be to me a strong rock, A house of defense to save me.
2 From the end of the earth I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed: You will lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
11 Like a shepherd, he will shepherd his flock; he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom; [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;4 and even to old age, I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you{}]; I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, 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 but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they stay in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
28 Her sons rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praises her, [saying]:
1 And the man had sex with his wife Eve; and she became pregnant, and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with [the help of] Yahweh.
1 And Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.2 And Sarah became pregnant, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
21 And Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. And Yahweh was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife became pregnant.
20 And it came to pass, when the time came about, that Hannah became pregnant, and gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Yahweh.
Proteção divina
Deus protege a mãe e o bebê, guardando-os de todo mal. Ele acompanha cada momento com ternura e fidelidade.
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Will reside under the shadow of the Almighty.2 I will say of Yahweh, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
7 Yahweh will keep you from all evil; He will keep your soul.8 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forevermore.
5 Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
22 And if men strive together, and hurt a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely and no harm follows; he will be surely fined, according to as the woman's husband will lay on him; and he will pay as the judges determine.23 But if any harm follows, then you will give life for life,
15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
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, who was barren, received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:
45 And blessed [is] she who believed; for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.
46 And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.48 For he has looked on the low [position] of his slave: For look, from now on all generations will call me blessed.49 For he who is mighty has done to me great things; And holy is his name.
9 He makes the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah.
16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son of her: yes, I will bless her, and she will be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples will be of her.
3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of your house; Your sons like olive plants, Around your table.