Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
‘I’m an estimator in a ceramic tiling firm. I’ve been a tiler for years. It’s all pretty new, working from my kitchen table. The first week was great. The rest hasn’t been. It’s our firm’s twentieth anniversary this year. We were planning to run the Southampton marathon. But that’s off. So, now we’re running 2020km in 20 days. We are on about day eight. The legs are alright.
‘When I run, it’s meditative time. The running creates time for me to think. There are no distractions. In that time all kinds of things come up: my worries, general things. One of my daughters lives on her own in a flat. She hasn’t got a garden. That’s been really difficult. Our parents are old. It’s hard to know how to help.
‘But really good stuff is happening. I’ve never talked to my kids or my mum and dad more than I am doing now. My worry is that it’ll all go back to normal as soon as the shops are open. But you realise how little you need, as long as you have family, friends and food.
‘There’s a verse in the book of Revelation that talks about the tree of life and its leaves being for the healing of the nations. That phrase has always caught me. Now, I think about that as I run. There are stories of gang violence stopping in the pandemic, of people coming together to help their communities. Can that carry on after this? That verse gives me hope. You get lost in the news and you can’t see hope. But it’s there.’
'Fy ngwaith i yw amcangyfifwr i gwmni gosod teils ac rydwi wedi bod wrthi yn dodi teils i lawr ers blynyddoedd. Felly, mae’n beth hollol newydd i mi i orfod gweithio o fwrdd y gegin. Aeth yr wythnos gyntaf heibio yn iawn. Ond d’yw pethau ddim cystal ar ôl hynny! Mae’n cwmni ni wedi bod mewn bodolaeth ers ugain mlynedd eleni a’r bwriad oedd rhedeg Marathon Southhampton. Wel, dim gobaith. Felly rydyn ni am redeg 2020 cilomedr mewn 20 diwrnod. Rydyn ni ar ddydd wyth ac mae ‘nghoesau yn iawn hyd yma.
'Pan rwy’n rhedeg mae’n gyfle da i mi gael meddwl. Mae’r rhedeg yn creu amser i mi gael myfyrio ynddo. Does dim byd yn tynnu fy sylw. Yn yr amser hwnnw mae pob math o bethau yn fy nharo, fy ngofidau, pethau cyffredinol. Mae un o fy merched yn byw ei hunan mewn fflat a does ganddi ddim gardd. Bu hynny’n anodd. Mae ein rhieni yn hen. Mae’n anodd gwybod sut i’w helpu.
'Ond mae pethau da iawn yn digwydd er hynny. Dydw i ddim wedi siarad cymaint gyda fy rhieni a’m mhlant ers amser. Fy ngofid i yw y bydd popeth yn mynd yn ôl fel ag yr oedd y munud y bydd y siopau’n agor eto. Ond rydych chi’n dod i sylweddoli cyn lleied sydd ei wir angen arnoch pan mae gennych chi deulu, ffrindiau a bwyd.
'Mae adnod yn Llyfr y Datguddiad sy’n son am bren y bwyd a bod ei dail i iachau’r cenhedloedd. Mae’r cymal yna wedi denu fy sylw erioed a bellach rwy’n meddwl am honno pan fyddai’n rhedeg. Ydyn, mae’r straeon am drais gangiau wedi peidio yn ystod y pandemig, ac mae pobl wedi dod ynghyd i helpu eu cymunedau. Tybed allwn ni gario ymlaen yn yr un modd ar ôl hyn? Mae’r adnod yn rhoi gobaith i mi. Mae’n hawdd mynd ar goll yn y newyddion ac allwch chi ddim gweld gobaith yno. Ond mae yno.'
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