Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
‘My parents were missionaries and I grew up in Japan. When I was 16 we came back to the UK, and a year later I decided to be baptised. But, as I’d grown up in a Christian family, I hadn’t had a conversion. There was no before and after for me. I just couldn’t relate to stories of how people became Christians.
‘I had had this enormous upheaval and was in culture shock. I had changed countries, schools and one of my difficulties was that I didn’t fit in with the young people at my church. I felt like an outsider and thought that must be because I wasn’t a Christian. Now, I realise that I was culturally different and academically able. But, then I thought I wasn’t a Christian.
‘I found a passage in Isaiah 40 that says, “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”
‘That helped me to see that I had heard, that I did know. I didn’t have to have a dramatic moment. It reassured me that I was OK, I was a Christian and God had spoken to me. I wanted to get baptised because I wanted to say, ‘This is my faith’. I knew it was my faith. It was a very, very special day.’
‘Roedd fy rhieni yn genhadon a chefais fy magu yn Japan. Pan oeddwn yn 16 oed daethom yn ôl i'r DU, a blwyddyn yn ddiweddarach penderfynais gael fy medyddio. Ond, gan fy mod i wedi cael fy magu mewn teulu Cristnogol, doeddwn i ddim wedi cael tröedigaeth. Nid oedd unrhyw ‘cyn’ ac ‘ar ôl’ i mi. Allwn i ddim uniaethu â straeon am sut y daeth pobl yn Gristnogion.
‘Roeddwn wedi cael fy nadwreiddio ac yn profi ysgytwad diwylliannol. Roeddwn i wedi newid gwledydd, ysgolion ac un o fy anawsterau oedd nad oeddwn i'n ffitio i mewn gyda’r bobl ifanc yn fy eglwys. Roeddwn i'n teimlo fy mod ar y cyrion ac yn meddwl mai’r rheswm am hynny oedd oherwydd nad oeddwn i'n Gristion. Nawr, rwy'n sylweddoli fy mod i'n wahanol yn ddiwylliannol ac yn alluog yn academaidd. Ond, yna roeddwn i'n meddwl nad oeddwn i'n Gristion.
‘Fe wnes i ddod o hyd i ddarn yn Eseia 40 sy'n dweud, “Oni wyddost, oni chlywaist? Duw tragwyddol yw'r Arglwydd a greodd gyrrau'r ddaear; ni ddiffygia ac ni flina, ac y mae ei ddeall yn anchwiliadwy.”
‘Fe wnaeth hynny fy helpu i weld fy mod i wedi clywed, roeddwn i'n gwybod. Nid oedd yn rhaid i mi gael profiad dramatig. Fe roddodd sicrwydd imi fy mod yn iawn, roeddwn yn Gristion ac roedd Duw wedi siarad â mi. Roeddwn i eisiau cael fy medyddio oherwydd roeddwn i eisiau dweud, ‘Dyma fy ffydd’. Roeddwn i'n gwybod mai fy ffydd ydoedd. Roedd yn ddiwrnod arbennig iawn, iawn.’
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