Pastor T.L. Barrett, Like a Ship | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

In the 33^rd edition of Music Lifts (2023), we’re uplifted by Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir performing, “Like A Ship.”

Welcome to Music Lifts 🎶 🏋, a column that seeks to highlight songs that encourage, inspire, and uplift the spirit; songs that exude fortitude, positivity, and resolve, even in the face of adversity.  Featured songs aren’t genre-specific; songs may or may not be faith-based. The goal is for these songs to make you feel better – be LIFTED to new heights!  So, for the 33^rd edition of Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 (2023), we highlight 🎵 “Like A Ship” as performed by 🎙 Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir.

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“Just like a ship / Without a sail / But I’m not worried because I know / But I know we can take it…” Oh, the confidence 🎙 Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir have on 🎵 “Like A Ship”! Why does the pastor and choir believe they can persevere despite adverse circumstances, and arduous situations? Well, it is thanks to the all-knowing, all-powerful, and the merciful, GOD.  What is interesting about this gospel song from the 1971 album, 💿 Like a Ship (Without a Sail) is the fact that God is mostly implied as opposed to named explicitly (Barrett does sing, “Lord knows I don’t have a sail” eventually).  Don’t get it twisted though, this is a faith-based, religious record.

“I sail for pleasure / But I found pain,” Pastor T.L. Barrett asserts at one point, following up with “I look for sunshine / … But I found rain.” Essentially, we hope or expect when we do something, it will go swimmingly, without a hitch.  Often, however, we encounter bumps in the road, many of which have the propensity to break our spirit.  Pastor Barrett continues serving up those bumps in the road, with the Youth for Christ Choir offering up the response to his call.  Ultimately, despite being “like a ship without a sail,” the pastor, choir, and those who believe have the ultimate way maker when it seems impossible, something the marvelous 🎵 “Like A Ship” illustrates perfectly 🙌.

🎙 Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir • 💿 Like a Ship (Without a Sail) • 🏷 Numero Group • 📅 1971

Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir, “Like A Ship”: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 33 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Numero Group; cottonbro studio, Itzel Sandoval, Neeraj Nagdeve via Pexels]