In the 50th edition of Music Lifts (2023), weโre uplifted by Vickie Winans performing, โOh What Love.โ
Welcome to Music Lifts ๐ถ ๐, 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.ย Featured songs arenโt genre-specific; songs may or may not be faith-based. The goal is for these songs to make you feel better โ be LIFTED to new heights!ย So, for the 50th edition of Music Lifts ๐ถ ๐ย (2023), we highlight ๐ต โOh What Loveโ as performed by ๐ Vickie Winans.
โOh, what love, He has for me / That He would give His life?โ The one and only, Jesus, thatโs who, ๐ Vickie Winans. Back in the day, my mother would play Winansโ ๐ฟ Live In Detroit (1997) and ๐ฟ Live In Detroit II (1999) nonstop. ย To this day, both of these albums are ingrained because Iโve heard and been uplifted by them over and over โ they never grow old.ย One of the great songs from Live In Detroit II is ๐ต โOh What Loveโ, which speaks to Godโs (Jesusโ) ultimate sacrifice of his life.ย As Winans sings the lyrics, she is incredibly authentic โ with a cry in her voice as she sings about Christโs crucifixion.
โThey beat my Jesus
They beat him all night long
Until He saw every little bone
And when He took His very last breath,
He hung His Head and died for you and I.โ
Those are powerful, powerful lyrics.ย The point is, a regular man, very much a human, wouldnโt sacrifice his life for someone else, let alone everybody.ย Winans highlights this selfless nature, supported by a spirited choir on the bridge/vamp section.ย โJesus went to Calvary / To save a wretch like you and me / Thatโs love, thatโs love.โ So true, so true! Perhaps the most inspiring part of this section, that precedes one final, loving chorus is when Vickie and choir assert, โThatโs not how the story ends / Three days later, He rose again / Thatโs love, thatโs love.โ Indeed, ๐ต โOh What Loveโ.
๐ Vickie Winans โข ๐ฟ Live In Detroit II โข ๐ท Light โข ๐ 1999
Vickie Winans, Oh What Love: Music Lifts ๐ถ ๐ No. 50 (2023) [๐ท: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Light; cottonbro studio, Itzel Sandoval, Neeraj Nagdeve via Pexels]