A Virginia police officer’s soulful rendition of gospel singer Marvin Sapp’s “The Best in Me” has taken the internet by storm.
After coming off of a shift, officer Mervin Mayo stopped by his church to minister to himself through music. He decided to video the experience in hopes that he could minister to someone else too.
According to CBN News, the video was uploaded on both Mayo’s personal Facebook page and on the Richmond Police Department’s Facebook page.
In the video’s description, Mayo noted that he was inspired by the song and couldn’t get it out of his head, so he decided to sing it.
“I had just gotten off work and stopped by the church, where I am a minister of music, on the way home to do Praise and Worship for myself,” he said, according to CBN News.
“I have to minister to myself before I can minister to someone else,” he added.
The original video was posted by Mayo on March 4 with the caption, “When everyone else around could only see my failures, God saw the best in Me … it doesn’t matter what I did, because God sees me for who I am … He knows MY heart.”
At the time of this writing Mayo’s cover of “The Best in Me” has 1.1 million views across both postings and 40,000 shares on Mayo’s Facebook page, where he sings in full uniform while playing the keyboard.
“I sing in or out of uniform at the drop of a dime,” he said.
“Know that, no matter what you are going through, there is a higher power that looks beyond your faults and sees your needs,” Mayo added.
In the Facebook post, the department notes that Mayo has been serving with the Richmond Police Department since 2005. He also serves at The Richmond Alternative School as a school resource officer in his Community, Youth and Intervention Services (CYIS) Unit.
Additionally, Mayo functions as a referee and mentor of the Police Athletic League (PAL) program.
The post adds that Mayo is “an active singer at RPD and PAL events.”
On Mayo’s personal Facebook page, his bio states that he has been a minister of music at Truth Ministries since 2017. Christian Headline News
Psalm 96
O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
