Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
‘I was born with quite a serious heart condition that affects blood flow through the heart. I felt different from everybody else. I got out of breath and found PE difficult. I gave it up when I was in Year 11.
‘When I was 17 I had corrective heart surgery including a valve replacement. Afterwards, my vocal chords were damaged and I couldn’t talk. I also suffered from nerve damage which meant I couldn’t walk either. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I spent three months in Great Ormond Street Hospital. It was quite a scary time, but I felt that God was in it.
‘I’ve always been drawn to the line in Psalm 23 which says, “even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for you are with me”. I faced that when I was 17. When I had my daughter, I faced death again. And in 2019 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. They did a lumpectomy. I had radiotherapy and my last mammogram was clear.
‘Psalm 23 reminds me that no matter how near death you are, God is still with you. I feel like God has always been with me. On the days that I really struggle, something will remind me of that. I’m classed as medically extremely vulnerable, yet I’m still here a year on in the pandemic. Psalm 23 gives me hope.’
‘Cefais fy ngeni â chyflwr eithaf difrifol ar y galon sy'n effeithio ar lif y gwaed trwy'r galon. Roeddwn i'n teimlo'n wahanol i bawb arall. Roeddwn ym mynd allan o wynt ac yn cael AG yn anodd. Rhoddais y gorau iddi pan oeddwn ym Mlwyddyn 11.
‘Pan oeddwn yn 17 cefais lawdriniaeth gywirol ar y galon gan gynnwys amnewid falf. Wedi hynny, cafodd fy nhannau llais eu difrodi ac ni allwn siarad. Roeddwn hefyd yn dioddef o niwed i'r nerfau a olygai na allwn gerdded chwaith. Cefais ddiagnosis o arthritis gwynegol. Treuliais dri mis yn Ysbyty Great Ormond Street. Roedd yn amser eithaf brawychus, ond roeddwn i'n teimlo bod Duw’n bresennol.
‘Rwyf bob amser wedi cael fy nenu at y llinell yn Salm 23 sy’n dweud, “Er imi gerdded trwy ddyffryn tywyll du, nid ofnaf unrhyw niwed, oherwydd yr wyt ti gyda mi”. Wynebais hynny pan oeddwn yn 17 oed. Pan gefais fy merch, wynebais farwolaeth eto. Ac yn 2019 cefais ddiagnosis o ganser y fron. Fe wnaethant lwmpectomi. Cefais radiotherapi ac roedd fy mamogram olaf yn glir.
‘Mae Salm 23 yn fy atgoffa, waeth pa mor agos ydych chi at farwolaeth, fod Duw yn dal gyda chi. Rwy'n teimlo bod Duw wedi bod gyda mi erioed. Ar y diwrnodau yr wyf yn ei chael yn anodd iawn, bydd rhywbeth yn fy atgoffa o hynny. Rwy’n cael fy ystyried fel rhywun sy'n hynod fregus yn feddygol, ac eto rydw i dal yma wedi blwyddyn o’r pandemig. Mae Salm 23 yn rhoi gobaith i mi.’
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Hoffech rannu sut mae’r Beibl wedi cael effaith ar eich bywyd? E-bostiwch mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
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