This incident happened last year, however; many are still talking about it.
A
10-year-old African-American boy named Willie Myrick (he was 9 at the
time) was kidnapped from the front yard of his guardians’ Atlanta home
by an unidentified man in March 2014, after luring him with money
Independent UK reports.
Myrick’s captor forced him to enter into his vehicle, and began a 3-hour journey to an unidentified destination.
During the ride, Myrick repeatedly sang popular gospel song, “Every Praise” by Hezekiah Walker.
His
captor reportedly got extremely irate and kept cursing at the boy,
telling, him to stop singing, but Myrick ignored him and continued to
sing for three hours straight.
Exasperated, the kidnapper let
Myrick out of his car unharmed, in the East Point area. Overjoyed to be
free, he then ran to his godmother Codetta’s house, as she lived close
by.
Speaking on his ordeal, Myrick said “If you praise the Lord he will help you in mysterious ways.”
According
to CBN, he was raised by atheist parents but his godmother frequently
took him to church where his passion for God was born and grew strongly.
“Faith
is important to this house and believing in God is important… I said,
‘In this house we go to church.’ He knows God. He knows Jesus,” Codetta
said.
When he heard the news, Walker traveled from New York to Atlanta to see the boy.
“It’s
just emotional to me because you never know who you’re going to touch…I
just wanted to hug him and tell him I love him…I really believe that
God spoke through me to save that young man’s life.”
Here’s the music video for the song, “Every Praise.”
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