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April 14, 2010

Missing Girl Found by Man 'Praying in Tongues'

A Florida girl who went missing last Friday was found alive yesterday by a man who attends her family's former church.

In an early version of the Orlando Sentinel story, a pastor's wife said that the man who found Bloom had been praying in tongues. About three dozen members of Metro Church in Winter Springs had searched for the girl, who was lost in a wooded swampland. CNN reports that King and Nadia's family at one time attended Metro Church but they did not know one another.

In an ABC story, James King credits God with finding the 11-year-old girl who has an autism-related disorder called Asperger's syndrome.

"He [God] directed my path," volunteer searcher James King told "Good Morning America" today. "When you're in a swamp, there's no good-looking way. He led me directly to her. ... I would be praying and calling out Scriptures and at one point I called out, 'Nadia,' and I heard, 'What?'

"That's a huge swamp. It was strictly the Lord. There was no mathematical calculations. It was the Holy Spirit directing me to where he knew she was the whole time," he said.


Comments

Praise God for this wonderful miracle, who can ever say there isn't a God. Thank you Lord for leading this man to this precious little girl.

GOD BLESS James King for giving GOD the praise & glory. And following the voice of the Holy Spirit to find this innocent little girl. Remember, the King James Bible. This man has done a good deed. He put his life in GOD'S hand in spite of the natural danger to help this innocent child. Forget the nay sayers. Humanity needs to get back to the basics; Faith, Hope, & show your Love by helping another in his or her time of need without permission from the world. There's no greater Love than to risk your life to help save another. This story serves as a Living Testament to a Living GOD.

Multiple agencies, hundreds of volunteers, dive teams, heat-seeking radar, and bloodhounds search for five days and when she's found you conclude that god led James King to her. Come on, you can't all be THAT bad at probability! You people are either completely deluded or you're willfully lying. Why would god get her lost in the first place, why create alligators that eat little girls, why wait five days before leading him to her? It's just how it would be if there was no god watching over her, isn't it? It's great that she's at home and safe, now stop bearing false witness.

the very fact that all those people with all that technology couldn't find her but one spirit-led man could brings glory to God. as far as the "problem" of evil, craig, i'm amazed that so many of you who stumble at the bad seem unable to look around you to see that the great majority of time here on planet earth for all creatures is good.

"...all those people with all that technology couldn't find her but one spirit-led man could..."
84% of Floridians are religious, why were the other "spirit led people" being "led" in the wrong direction?
I do think life is good, David. More to the point, whatever we do to stay alive long enough to produce offspring that carry in it half of our DNA and half that of someone attractive, is good.
Helping our neighbors is one thing we can do to stay alive. James King did that yesterday.
Eating a healthy meal with a loving family is another thing. Hopefully Nadia is doing that today.
A GPS family tracker affixed to a bicycle may be an idea worth consideration. $99.00 worth! Hindsight is 20/20.

Call me deluded or call me a fool, I will still give glory to my precious Savior for rescuing this child. "For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." - 1 Corinthians 1:25-27

You're claiming you know that god guided him to the girl. I can't claim that, I don't see the evidence. If I saw compelling evidence I'd claim it too, (to a degree). When you quote, "..God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise..", you are more closely associating yourself with the wise than with the foolish.

The most important thing is that she was found alive and (reasonably) well. How is secondary.

Let me put it this way, Craig: I'd much rather rely on God's wisdom than man's wisdom, even if it makes me look foolish in the eyes of the world.

Julie, you're using your own "man's wisdom" to decide the best thing to do is rely on "god's wisdom". If you aren't, you're not using free will so you're not earning a seat in "Heaven". A previous post mentioned the lottery. Do you think James King could, if he prayed in the same manner that "proved successful" in this case, have revealed to him the winning lottery numbers in the next big lottery in order to donate to, (and save the lives of) many other children? Why stop at one child?

you're right craig, why stop at one child? why don't we all start following the spirit the way we're supposed to and begin helping others,finally begin doing the works that jesus did and the greater works?

"If you aren't, you're not using free will so you're not earning a seat in 'Heaven.'" You're right, Craig. I can't earn my way to heaven. That's why Jesus died for me. He also died for you, whether you want to believe that or not. You're free to accept His gift or reject it. But one day, you will bow down before Him, either in this life or the next (Philippians 2:10). As far as your question about the lottery, if God wanted to reveal winning numbers to James King, He could easily do so. But I don't know if James has ever played the lottery. You also asked, "Why stop at one child?" While I can't speak for Janes, as someone who works for an overseas missionary agency, I know for a fact that many believers in Christ do not stop at "just one child." Followers of Jesus around the world (many of whom I know personally) are involved in feeding hungry children, caring for their medical needs, taking in orpahans who have been abandoned on the roadside, and rescuing young girls from sex trafficking.

I have to say it's rather disturbing that you're so angry at a person who found a young girl who was lost in a swamp. Or perhaps you are angry that he's not taking credit for it himself but is giving all the glory to the God you have chosen to reject.

You're nice people and I'm glad Mr. King found Nadia. Sometimes when lots of people look for something they find it. It's just that. Why take a nice event and contaminate the legacy with this silliness? This practice you have of believing things on insufficient evidence or in opposition to overwhelming contradictory evidence has left you rudderless in a sea of delusion. It's not necessary to be dishonest in order to be good. Come out of your little box, it's nice out here, we do charity too. Either way, I hope you have the best day ever! :)

...angry at Mr. King..(?) I've never intimated that. Everyone involved in the search deserves credit, the more people looking in more directions increases the odds of any one of them finding her in time. Nadia's sister provided useful information too.

I'm disputing the factuality of the allegations and the plausibility of the claims regarding King's purported revelation and the role it had in his locating Nadia.

Have you people heard of coincidence? What about all of the unsolved cases when people are speaking in tongues that do NOT get solved? Wake up.

Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. I cannot wait to see your face on that day Craig Else.

I notice a lack of evidence for James King's claims, and for doing so Kim Thomas wants to see me suffer the pains of hell. Why would it pleasure you so to see my face on that day Kim? There's a difference between a belief and a hope. You can't believe that day's coming, there's no good reason to, so I am left wondering, why would you hope for that? I wouldn't want to see anyone suffer. I don't kill ants or rats and I'm a vegan. I'm an atheist and I have a built-in moral compass. You do too, you're just angry at me. This emoticon will cheer you up; :) Just don't start talking to it and think it's talking back, OK Kim?