As he waited for sentencing, hands cuffed but heart wide open, Sandy picked up the Holy Bible and found himself in the book of John, chapter 15. The words did not merely speak to him — they pierced him. “Abide in Me,” the scripture echoed, “for apart from Me you can do nothing.” That moment was no longer about a sentence— it was a surrender. Sandy realized he was not in control of his life. God was. And in that bullpen, he received the first of many divine assignments.