Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
‘When I was about 18 or 19, I was saying, “I love you Lord, but I have got to go to parties and have boyfriends. I don’t feel clean enough for you, God.” I’d say, “I want to use the next 5-10 years to clean up my act and I will be back”.
‘I was a people pleaser. I thought that I wouldn’t have any friends if I was a Christian. I wanted to be in with the in-crowd.
‘Then I read Isaiah 64.6, which says, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags”.
‘So, I realised, I don’t need to do jack. I just need to come to God. But I still wanted to do some of those things. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was my first realisation that I didn’t have to do anything. If I loved God, he would do the rest in me. The more I gave myself to him, the more he would wash me clean. That was a defining moment for me.
‘I use this verse from Isaiah now to tell my kids that God will always be with them. I don’t worry about my children. I can rest assured that, as long as their foundation is in Christ, everything else will work out.’
‘Pan oeddwn i tua 18 neu 19 oed, roeddwn i’n dweud “Rwy’n dy garu di Arglwydd, ond mae’n rhaid i mi fynd i bartïon a chael cariadon. Dydw i ddim yn teimlo'n ddigon glân i ti, Dduw.” Byddwn yn dweud, “Rydw i eisiau defnyddio'r 5-10 mlynedd nesaf i ddod yn lân a byddaf yn ôl”.
‘Roeddwn eisiau plesio pobl. Meddyliais na fyddai gen i unrhyw ffrindiau pe bawn i'n Gristion. Roeddwn i eisiau bod gyda'r dorf.
‘Yna darllenais Eseia 64: 6, sy’n dweud “Ond aethom i gyd fel peth aflan, a'n holl gyfiawnderau fel clytiau budron”.
‘Felly, sylweddolais, does dim angen i mi wneud dim. Y cwbl oedd ei angen i mi wneud oedd dod at Dduw. Ond roeddwn i eisiau gwneud rhai o'r pethau hynny o hyd. Rwy'n ei gofio fel ddoe. Dyma fy sylweddoliad cyntaf nad oedd yn rhaid i mi wneud unrhyw beth. Pe bawn i'n caru Duw, byddai'n gwneud y gweddill ynof fi. Po fwyaf y rhoddais fy hun iddo, y mwyaf y byddai'n fy ngolchi'n lân. Roedd hynny'n foment ddiffiniol i mi.
‘Rwy’n defnyddio’r adnod hon o Eseia nawr i ddweud wrth fy mhlant y bydd Duw gyda nhw bob amser. Nid wyf yn poeni am fy mhlant. Gallaf fod yn dawel fy meddwl, cyhyd â bod eu sylfaen yng Nghrist, y bydd popeth arall yn gweithio allan.’
Do you have a story to share? Email mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
Oes gennych chi stori i rannu? E-bostiwch mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
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Want to share how the Bible has impacted your life? Email mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
Hoffech rannu sut mae’r Beibl wedi cael effaith ar eich bywyd? E-bostiwch mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
