Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
‘My husband and I split our time between South Africa and the UK. We are involved in discipleship and leadership training. I was a bit discombobulated about having to come back from South Africa. I have had a real washing machine of emotions about it.
‘There, there are military and police on the streets. I didn’t leave the flat for three weeks. In some ways you were much safer there, because the lockdown was so severe. I don’t feel as safe here, because some people don’t seem to take it very seriously. But, I had to come back as I have cancer surgery planned for May.
‘I was reading, in Luke, the story of how Jesus raised the widow’s son, which was stunning, kind, tender and miraculous. In Luke 7.16, it says how people reacted. “’A great prophet has appeared. God has come to help his people.’”
‘That’s the whole story of Christmas and Easter, isn’t it? He’s come to help us. That’s stunning. That’s the most amazing thing. That’s helping me now, because he still does. It’s not an historical happening, over and done. I feel that it’s a now thing. He’s still helping us now. I feel that he’s with me now.
‘If you depend on your circumstances for your peace, then perhaps you will stay in the washing machine of emotions. But, I think Jesus is far more radical than we think, and that’s helping me now.’
‘Mae fy ngŵr a minnau’n rhannu ein hamser rhwng De Affrica a’r DU. Rydym yn ymwneud â disgyblaeth Gristnogol a hyfforddiant arweinyddiaeth. Roeddwn braidd yn ddryslyd ynglŷn â gorfod dod yn ôl o Dde Affrica. Mae hi wedi bod fel peiriant golchi go iawn o emosiynau amdano.
‘Yno, mae’r fyddin a’r heddlu ar y strydoedd. Wnes i ddim gadael y fflat am dair wythnos. Mewn rhai ffyrdd roeddech chi'n llawer mwy diogel yno, oherwydd roedd y ‘lockdown’ mor llym. Nid wyf yn teimlo mor ddiogel yma, oherwydd nid yw'n ymddangos bod rhai pobl yn ei gymryd o ddifrif. Ond, roedd yn rhaid imi ddod yn ôl gan fod gen i lawdriniaeth canser wedi'i gynllunio ar gyfer mis Mai.
‘Roeddwn yn darllen, yn Luc, y stori am sut y cododd Iesu fab y weddw, a oedd yn syfrdanol, yn garedig, yn dyner ac yn wyrthiol. Yn Luc 7.16, mae'n dweud sut ymatebodd pobl. “’Mae proffwyd mawr wedi codi yn ein plith ni! Mae Duw wedi dod aton ni i helpu ei bobl.’”
‘Dyna stori gyfan y Nadolig a’r Pasg, onid yw? Mae e wedi dod i'n helpu ni. Mae hynny'n syfrdanol. Dyna'r peth mwyaf rhyfeddol. Mae hynny'n fy helpu nawr, oherwydd mae'n dal i wneud. Nid digwyddiad hanesyddol unwaith ac am byth ydyw. Rwy'n teimlo ei fod yn rhywbeth ar gyfer nawr. Mae'n dal i'n helpu ni nawr. Rwy’n teimlo ei fod gyda mi nawr.
‘Os ydych yn dibynnu ar eich amgylchiadau am eich heddwch, yna efallai y byddwch yn aros yn y peiriant golchi emosiynau. Ond, rwy’n credu bod Iesu’n llawer mwy radical nag yr ydym yn ei feddwl, ac mae hynny’n fy helpu nawr.’
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