Nancy Breaking the Cycle, Part 2

Nancy’s life was in shambles, and she knew it. After her last divorce, she got the keys to her new home, but there was no excitement, only the heartbreak of loneliness. She realized that she had looked into every dirty corner of her world to find the answer to her soul’s cry for love, but only had failure and pain to show for it.

In those moments, she knew where she needed to turn. She prayed, “Lord, You promised to lift us out of despair. I need You. I need You to start guiding my life.” Nancy asked God to be her husband—her captain and leader. It was then that her life began to really change.

Nancy soon returned to a church she had once attended only sporadically. There she met Gary, a spiritual man who invited her to attend Bible studies and services at a variety of churches. They became friends and eventually a couple. It was through Gary that Nancy met a group of Sabbath-keepers in a walking club. They joined the group, meeting several times a week. Nancy bonded with her group. “They are the most genuine people I have ever come across,” she explains.

The pastor, Jeff, joined the group almost every day, and Nancy loved hearing his perspective on the Bible. She and Gary loved learning more about God, so when Pastor Jeff told them about an upcoming prophecy seminar, they were excited. “I didn’t trust just anyone to teach prophecy,” says Nancy, “but I felt like this was the right place to go for answers.”

Amazing Facts evangelist Darrin Bartell did not disappoint. “He is really led by the Lord,” Nancy shares. “And he is an amazing teacher. He talked in a way that I could understand and relate to.”

Nancy attended every meeting, drinking in the many new teachings. “It seemed like Darrin was talking directly to me even when we were in a group setting,” she says. “Amazing Facts really opened up the Bible to me. For the first time in my life, I felt comfortable learning the Bible. I was absorbing it like a sponge.”

Reflect: Have you ever been so low that the only place you could look was up? That’s not always a bad place to be for it can lead us to find that our only hope is in the God of heaven.