Separação
A separação traz dor profunda, mas a Bíblia nos consola com a promessa de que Deus nunca nos abandona. Seja na perda, na distância ou no luto, Ele é nosso refúgio.
Deus está presente na dor
O Senhor está perto dos quebrantados de coração e promete nunca nos deixar órfãos. Na separação, Ele é nosso consolo mais íntimo.
18 Near is Yahweh, to the broken in heart, And, the crushed in spirit, will he save.
4 Yea, though I walk through a valley death-shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.
3 He is healing the broken in heart,and binding up their hurts.
18 I will not leave you bereft,I am coming unto you.
10 When, my own father and mother, had forsaken me, Then, Yahweh, took me up!
Esperança e conforto
A separação não é o fim. Deus transforma a dor em esperança, e o sofrimento presente produz uma glória eterna que supera toda aflição.
13 But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are falling asleep,lest ye be sorrowing, even as the rest also, who are without hope;
18 For I reckon that unworthy are the sufferings of the present season to be compared with the glory about to be revealed towards us;
4 Who encourageth us in all our tribulation, to the end we may be able to encourage them who are in any tribulationthrough means of the encouragement wherewith we, ourselves, are encouraged by God.
36 For, of endurance, ye have need, in order that, the will of God having done, Ye may bear away, the promise.
7 In order that the proving of your faithmuch more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is provedmay be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,
Amor que persevera
O amor verdadeiro é mais forte que a separação. A fé nos sustenta e nos dá a certeza de que o reencontro virá.
7 Many waters, cannot quench love, nor shall, floods, overwhelm it,If a man would give all the substance of his house, for love, they would, utterly despise, him. ****
49 also, The Watch Tower, as to which it is said, Yahweh watch betwixt me and thee, when we are parted one from another.
27 For this boy, I prayed,And Yahweh hath given me my petition which I asked of him.28 Hence, I also, have loaned him unto Yahweh, all the days that he liveth. He, is lent unto Yahweh. And he bowed down there, unto Yahweh.
7 But, whatever things, unto me, were gain, the same, have I accounted, for the Christs sake, loss;8 Yea, doubtless! and I account all things to be, loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom, the loss, of all things, have I suffered, and do account them refuse, in order that, Christ, I may win,