Nancy Breaking the Cycle, Part 3

Nancy was impressed by all the scriptural evidence for everything Darrin Bartell, an Amazing Facts evangelist, taught her. “I would always get something new, something that I hadn’t heard in the past,” says Nancy. “I finally knew the reality about God’s love and His forgiveness. He wants to have fellowship with us—that’s why He created us! And I understood that by being obedient to His Word, it brings harmony to our lives. I’m finally fulfilled. I don’t have that empty void. God fills it!”

What she learned about God and the Bible filled Nancy’s heart with lasting joy. She couldn’t believe the amazing love of Jesus, and the prophecies provided an even clearer picture of God’s loving character and His battle to save her from sin. “I had always known about the judgment,” she reflects. “But learning about His love and character makes a huge difference in how you perceive His judgment. If you have a relationship with Him, you are not going to be judged that way.”

Darrin spent a lot of time talking with Nancy and answering her Bible questions. When he spoke to her about recommitting to God through baptism, Nancy nearly shouted, “Yes!”

A few weeks later, she was baptized by Pastor Jeff on a Sabbath. “It meant so much that Darrin was there,” says Nancy. “He taught me that this is the truth, and this is what I want for my life.”

She is finally at peace knowing that God gave everything to save her and, through a daily relationship with Him, provides guidance for living in obedience.

Today, Nancy looks back on her life of turmoil, incredulous that she didn’t turn back to God in the midst of difficult times. But for her, coming to God was about finding compassion. “It took the truth about His love, not a catastrophic event, to bring me into God’s fold,” she says. “When the time was right, it was the love of God’s people that opened my eyes, and the honesty of the Word that brought me back to the Lord. And I couldn’t be happier about it!”

Reflect: Can you think of a time God called you back from going the wrong direction? Who or what got your attention? The Lord has a thousand ways to reach us.

Key Bible Texts

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV)