Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
‘When my wife was pregnant, we were so excited. But it was a very difficult birth. My daughter spent a long time in the special care unit. There were weeks of tests. I was thinking that everything was going to be OK.
‘The consultant laid it all on the line for us. She would never walk or talk. Her epilepsy would be difficult to control. She would be in nappies her whole life. They had found out that she was blind as well. They didn’t know how long her life expectancy was.
‘Our world came crashing down. My wife stayed in the hospital with our daughter. I came home to an empty house, and I broke my heart to the Lord. I more or less said quite a few swear words. How could this happen? It wasn’t supposed to happen.
‘The next morning I apologised to God and prayed that he would speak to me. I read Isaiah 51.1–3 which says, “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one man, and I blessed him and made him many. The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins, he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.”
‘I’d been looking at my daughter’s brain scans and they were a “wasteland”, but God was saying that joy and gladness would be found. And it has. When my daughter laughs, she stops plenty of church services. She’s so full of joy, in spite of everything. She’s happier than most people I know.
‘She was diagnosed with cancer six years ago. They told us to go home and enjoy the next few months, but she’s still going.
‘I’ve been through two failed marriages and had an alcoholic spell in the middle of it. My daughter is the one that God has used as a reminder of his faithfulness and his constancy. Those promises that I read in Isaiah in 1993 are just as true today as they were then.’
‘Pan oedd fy ngwraig yn feichiog, roedden ni’n teimlo mor gyffrous. Ond bu’n enedigaeth anodd iawn. Treuliodd fy merch amser hir yn yr uned gofal arbennig. Cafodd wythnosau o brofion. Roeddwn i'n meddwl y byddai popeth yn iawn.
‘Siaradodd yr ymgynghorydd yn blaen gyda ni. Ni fyddai hi byth yn cerdded nac yn siarad. Byddai'n anodd rheoli ei epilepsi. Byddai hi mewn clytiau ar hyd ei hoes. Roeddent wedi darganfod ei bod hi'n ddall hefyd. Nid oeddent yn gwybod pa mor hir y byddai’n byw.
‘Aeth ein byd yn deilchion. Arhosodd fy ngwraig yn yr ysbyty gyda'n merch. Deuthum adref i dŷ gwag, a thorrais fy nghalon gerbron yr Arglwydd. Dywedais mwy neu lai gryn dipyn o regfeydd. Sut gallai hyn ddigwydd? Nid oedd hyn i fod i ddigwydd.
‘Bore drannoeth ymddiheurais wrth Dduw a gweddïais y byddai'n siarad â mi. Darllenais Eseia 51.1–3 sy’n dweud, “Gwrandwch arna i, chi sy'n awyddus i wneud beth sy'n iawn, ac yn ceisio'r Arglwydd: ystyriwch y graig y cawsoch eich naddu ohoni, a'r chwarel y cawsoch eich cloddio ohoni. Meddyliwch am Abraham, eich tad, a Sara, y cawsoch eich geni iddi. Roedd ar ei ben ei hun pan wnes i alw arno, ond bendithiais e, a'i wneud yn llawer. Bydd yr Arglwydd yn cysuro Seion, bydd yn cysuro'i hadfeilion. Bydd yn gwneud ei hanialwch fel Eden, a'i diffeithwch fel gardd yr Arglwydd. Bydd llawenydd a dathlu i'w clywed ynddi, lleisiau'n diolch a sŵn canu.”
‘Roeddwn wedi bod yn edrych ar sganiau ymennydd fy merch ac “anialwch” oedden nhw, ond roedd Duw yn dweud y byddai llawenydd a dathlu i’w cael. Ac felly mae hi. Pan fydd fy merch yn chwerthin, mae hi'n stopio digon o wasanaethau eglwys. Mae hi mor llawn o lawenydd, er gwaethaf popeth. Mae hi'n hapusach na'r mwyafrif o bobl dwi'n eu hadnabod.
‘Cafodd ddiagnosis o ganser chwe blynedd yn ôl. Fe wnaethant ddweud wrthym am fynd adref a mwynhau'r ychydig fisoedd nesaf, ond mae hi'n dal i fynd.
‘Rydw i wedi bod trwy dwy briodas sydd wedi methu a bues am gyfnod yn alcoholig yn y canol. Fy merch yw'r un y mae Duw wedi'i defnyddio i’m hatgoffa o'i ffyddlondeb a'i gysondeb. Mae'r addewidion hynny a ddarllenais yn Eseia ym 1993 yr un mor wir heddiw ag yr oeddent bryd hynny.’
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