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There's no perfect family // Não há família perfeita



In the pictures, we all can look like as a perfect family. Are we really?

There is no perfect family, or perfect relationship or whatever perfect. Simply because we have sinned. When God created man and woman, He wanted them to be perfect and gave to them all what they needed to make it perfect. But they rejected, they chose greed, they believe in a lie and they disobeyed. That’s why we cannot be perfects, not yet.

“But if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us” 1 John 4:12. This is the secret of having a perfect relationship. Supposing that you know what the word love in this context means. Paul described love in 1 Corinthians 13; he also said in Colossians 3:13-14 “bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other: as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive. And above all these put on love which binds everything together in perfect harmony”.

Relationships can’t be always “kisses and flowers”. It is also “cryings and forgivings”. If you cannot forgive, how can you say that you love? If you don’t love, so God is not in you (1 John 4:20).

In summary, we all certainly love our relatives, but love, as I have said, is not a feeling, it is a decision, a conscious decision. Because you love, you decide to let it go whatever the person has done. It is not up to you or me to judge and execute judgment in this person. If the person keeps doing, so you must keep forgiving (crazy han?) until love, which is the love of Jesus Christ in you, constraineth us (2 Corinthians 5:14 KJV) because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then we were all dead. His love endures forever. There is no limit on forgiving.

Love is not proud, not envy or boast, nor is arrogant or rude. Love is patient and kind, it does not rejoice at wrongdoings but rejoice with the truth (whatever it is). Love bears all things, believe all things, hopes all things (including that one can change, indeed one can change in Jesus Christ who strengthen us), love endures forever (1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 7).

Not even David had a perfect family. His kids were evil, they did terrible things. David loved them all despite all that, he suffered because of that. He also made his own mistakes and God let him have the consequences. But that was his family, not perfect. As my family is not perfect neither is yours.

We can make it perfect by the love of God who lives in us. Love endures all things

Nas fotos, todos nós podemos parecer como uma família perfeita. Mas somos realmente?

Não há família perfeita, ou relacionamento perfeito ou o que for perfeito. Simplesmente porque nós pecamos. Quando Deus criou o homem e a mulher, Ele queria que eles fossem perfeitos e deu a eles tudo o que eles precisavam para torná-lo perfeitos. Mas eles rejeitaram, eles escolheram a ganância, eles acreditam em uma mentira e eles desobedeceram. É por isso que não podemos ser perfeitos, ainda não.

“Mas se nós amamos, Deus vive em nós e seu amor é aperfeiçoado em nós” 1 João 4:12. Este é o segredo de ter um relacionamento perfeito. Supondo que você saiba o que a palavra amor neste contexto significa. Paulo descreveu o amor em 1 Coríntios 13; ele também disse em Colossenses 3: 13-14 “suportando uns aos outros e, se alguém tem uma queixa contra outro, perdoando um ao outro: como o Senhor o perdoou, assim você deve perdoar. E acima de tudo estes colocam o amor que une tudo em perfeita harmonia.”

Relacionamentos não podem ser sempre "beijos e flores". É também “choros e perdões”. Se você não pode perdoar, como você pode dizer que ama? Se você não ama, então Deus não está em você (1 João 4:20).

Em resumo, todos nós certamente amamos nossos parentes, mas o amor, como eu disse, não é um sentimento, é uma decisão, uma decisão consciente. Porque você ama, você decide deixar pra lá o que a pessoa fez. Não cabe a você ou a mim julgar e executar o julgamento nesta pessoa.
Se a pessoa continua fazendo, então você deve continuar perdoando (louco han?) Até que o amor, que é o amor de Jesus Cristo em você, nos constrange (2 Coríntios 5:14 ARC ) porque assim julgamos que, se alguém morreu por todos então todos morreram. Seu amor dura para sempre. Não há limite para perdoar.

O amor não é orgulhoso, não inveja e nem sapateia em cima do outro, não é arrogante ou rude. O amor é paciente e gentil, não se regozija com as más ações, mas regozija-se com a verdade (seja ela qual for). O amor suporta todas as coisas, acredita em todas as coisas, espera que todas as coisas (incluindo que alguém possa mudar, na verdade, pode mudar em Jesus Cristo, que nos fortalece), o amor permanece para sempre (1 Coríntios 13: 4-7).

Nem mesmo David tinha uma família perfeita. Seus filhos eram maus, eles fizeram coisas terríveis. David amava todos eles apesar de tudo isso, ele sofreu por causa disso. Ele também cometeu seus próprios erros e Deus permitiu que ele tivesse as consequências. Mas essa era sua família, não perfeita. Como minha família não é perfeita nem é sua.

Podemos torná-la perfeita pelo amor de Deus que vive em nós. O amor suporta todas as coisas.

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