On March 31st, 9-year-old Willie Myrick was abducted outside of his home. While in the kidnapper’s car, Willie kept singing the gospel song “Every Praise.” According to the young boy, the man who kidnapped him was cursing at him and telling him to shut up and after 3 hours of driving around he let Willie out of the car and told him to not tell anyone what happened. When 11 Alive News in Atlanta asked Willie what he was doing in the back of the abductor’s car, Willie said he was praising God.
Willie’s story eventually caught the attention of gospel singer, Hezekiah Walker, who actually wrote the song. According to Walker, the whole story is emotional for him because he realizes that you never know who you are going to touch. Walker was so moved by Willie’s story he flew to Atlanta to meet the young man on his 10th birthday and sing with him at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Walker says, “I really do believe that God spoke through me to save that young man’s life.” I could not agree more.