A 9-year-old boy was kidnapped outside his Atlanta home and driven around for nearly three hours.
The boy, Willie Myrick, was terrified. He didn’t know where the man was taking him or if he would ever see his family again.
So Willie did the one thing he knew to do. He started singing one of his favorite gospel songs, “Every Praise.”
The kidnapper cursed at him and told him again and again to stop, but Willie kept singing for nearly three hours, repeating the same song over and over until the man finally stopped the car, let him out and drove away.
Willie ran for help and made it home unharmed. He later said he believed God had been with him through the entire ordeal.
When Hezekiah Walker, the gospel singer who wrote “Every Praise,” heard what had happened, he traveled to Atlanta to meet Willie in person.
I can’t imagine how scared that little boy must have been. But in one of the darkest moments of his life, Willie kept singing the words that reminded him he wasn’t alone. He went into that car terrified, but he came out still believing God had been with him every mile of the way.