Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
‘I’m an occupational therapist. I work in the community with children who have conditions like cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy. Everything has changed, and is changing all the time. I’m now seeing adults in their homes. It could be anyone from 18 to over 100. We don’t know if they are Covid-19 patients. Some of the therapists are worried about that. It’s a bit of an unknown, and I have to say, that’s where my faith comes in.
‘There’s a lot of anxiety in the community. Back at base, people are twitchy. We have lost people locally: a nurse and two porters, who were Christians. We have been stressed, having crazy dreams. I’ve stopped watching the news now.
‘There are some verses in Philippians 4 which talk about rejoicing in the Lord, and they say, “do not worry about anything” and “let your gentleness be known to everyone”.
‘Every time I visit someone in their home, I say to myself that I will do this in all my visits. I will be gentle. Seriously, the first few visits I did, I was praying on the way there and afterwards, thanking God that he was with me.
‘These verses are helping me in practical ways as well as emotionally. When I’m out, I know that I’m there for someone else. My job is a calling. I feel I was born for this. These verses are about being mindful of others, but they’ve also encouraged me to pray to God that I will feel his peace.
‘The first two weeks, I was shattered. I was doing lots of things that I don’t do normally. But I really do believe that I’m getting some peace from God now.’
‘Rwy’n therapydd galwedigaethol. Rwy'n gweithio yn y gymuned gyda phlant sydd â chyflyrau fel parlys yr ymennydd a dystroffi’r cyhyrau. Mae popeth wedi newid, ac mae'n newid trwy'r amser. Rydw i nawr yn gweld oedolion yn eu cartrefi. Gallai fod yn unrhyw un o 18 oed hyd dros 100. Nid ydym yn gwybod a ydyn nhw'n gleifion Covid-19. Mae rhai o'r therapyddion yn poeni am hynny. Mae'r cyfan yn anhysbys, ac mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud, dyna ble mae fy ffydd yn dod i mewn.
‘Mae yna lawer o bryder yn y gymuned. Yn y man gwaith, mae pobl yn anniddig. Rydym wedi colli pobl yn lleol: nyrs a dau borthor, a oedd yn Gristnogion. Rydyn ni wedi bod dan straen, wedi cael breuddwydion gwallgof. Dwi wedi stopio gwylio'r newyddion bellach.
‘Mae yna rai adnodau yn Philipiaid 4 sy’n sôn am lawenhau yn yr Arglwydd, ac hefyd “peidiwch â phryderu am ddim” a “bydded eich tynerwch yn hysbys i bob un”.
‘Bob tro y byddaf yn ymweld â rhywun yn eu cartref, dywedaf wrthyf fy hun y byddaf yn gwneud hyn yn fy holl ymweliadau. Byddaf yn dyner. O ddifrif, yr ychydig ymweliadau cyntaf a wnes i, roeddwn yn gweddïo ar y ffordd yno ac wedi hynny, yn diolch i Dduw ei fod gyda mi.
‘Mae’r adnodau hyn yn fy helpu mewn ffyrdd ymarferol yn ogystal ag yn emosiynol. Pan fyddaf allan, gwn fy mod yno i rywun arall. Galwad yw fy swydd. Rwy'n teimlo fy mod wedi fy ngeni i hyn. Mae'r adnodau hyn yn ymwneud â bod yn ystyriol o eraill, ond maen nhw hefyd wedi fy annog i weddïo ar Dduw y byddaf yn teimlo ei dangnefedd.
‘Yn ystod y pythefnos cyntaf, roeddwn wedi ymlâdd. Roeddwn i'n gwneud llawer o bethau nad ydw i'n eu gwneud fel arfer. Ond rydw i wir yn credu fy mod i'n cael rhywfaint o dangnefedd gan Dduw erbyn hyn.'
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