His 24-Year Quest!
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage
again to fear, but you received the Spirit of
adoption by whom we cry out,
“Abba, Father.”
Romans 8: 15
Guo Gangtang spent 24 years looking for his son, who'd been
snatched at the age of two by human traffickers in China. Guo
thought of nothing else as he traveled by motorbike throughout
thirty provinces of his country, showing pictures of his little boy.
He broke bones in accidents and was robbed by thieves.
He spent his savings on the search, sleeping under bridges
and begging when out of cash.
In the end, police found the now 26-year-old by searching data
bases for images of the child enhanced to show an adult appearance.
The reunion earlier this year was broadcast across China. “Now that
my boy has been found, everything can only be happy from now on,”
Guo said.
Oh, the happiness of being reunited
with our Heavenly Father, who sought
us and made us His own!
Because of His love, we can
embrace Him with our hearts
and call Him, “Abba, Father.”
“Abba, Father”….The repetition indicates the warmth
as well as the confidence with which the. Holy Spirit
emboldens the people of God to draw nigh as children
to a father able and ready to help them."
John Murray
