— Niya Tanielle
Whitney Houston has dominated the news many times during the years, for her chart topping music, legal and marriage woes, and the constant battles with drugs and alcohol.
When I left church Saturday evening, a friend met me outside and informed me that Whitney Houston had passed.
Like millions I was shocked and saddened, but angry most of all. I remember singing into a hair brush reciting her songs word for word as a teen, and laughing at the jokes made in later years, during the Whitney Houston/Bobby Brown saga.
Through all the jokes, news stories, and wild antics, the demise of Whitney Houston has become a teaching tool to show how a simple suggestion by the devil can destroy a life. In an interview, she stated that as a young superstar she was sheltered, wasn’t allowed to go certain places, and with the money and access to anything she wanted, she said, “I was looking for my young womanhood.”
The devil will convince us that we’re missing something. That life is passing us by and everyone else is “having fun.” All of us can remember times when we didn’t want to be left out of the mix, so we placed ourselves in environments that weren’t healthy or productive. No one wants to be the last person picked for kickball!
All the devil needs is for us to allow him to rob us of our birthright as children of the most high God. Whitney Houston had a God given talent was extinguished, with deep Gospel roots, and her music will be missed. My prayers go out to Bobbi Kristina and the Houston family.
excellent article and anyalsis of the life of Whitney Houston. The devil’s main purpose is to rob, steal, kill and destroy. SMH, her death is really bothering me because I am sure there were family members and friends praying for her that she would get help and go to rehab, but that was sadly not the case. I remember when I first heard her voice and saw her video for the Greatest Love of All as a little girl and that song made me feel like I could do anything and be anything that I wanted to be. Listening to this song over the weekend that song was not about just loving oneself, but about the love of Jesus living inside of us and being mantifested in our everyday lives. The love that Jesus had for us by dying for our sins on the cross and that love has no bounds. It is sad that the things of this world often cause us to forget this. Satan was the an angel of music before he was kicked out of heaven and that can be connected to the success of entertainers in the secular music industry look at the extreme highs and lows experienced by Whitney and others in the industry. I believe the devil controls the industry on a spritual level and the results tend to be the same: huge successes, money, fame and the rock bottom end where a never ending void of emptiness can never be filled no matter how much drugs or alcohol one consumes. Jesus is the answer to a broken heart and a troubled mind, it’s hard for some to realize this when they are caught up. I just hope that Jesus was was able to minister to Whitney after she sang Jesus Love Me and she accepted him into heart in her final moments of life. What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul. Nothing on this earth is worth that. I am a work in progress and know there are areas in my life that only God can fix and I have to make a continous effort for that to happen by reading my bible everyday and going to church every Sunday. Asking for prayer to get strengthen to avoid temptation and bad behavior/making bad decisions. No one said being saved and living right was going to be easy, but it’s worth in the end.
By Louie Mac, February 12, 2012 at 12:58 amThis was so sad to hear about today. In my opinion, Whitney’s voice in her prime will remain unmatched. She had awesome range, vocal power, but besides that she had the prettiest tone to her voice (which can’t be taught, either you have it or you don’t). It broke my heart to see the very media that tore her down every chance they could, get on CNN and tell everyone who would listen how iconic she was. People should hear more of that while they’re alive to benefit from it. I pray her mother and daughter find peace today. R.I.P. Whiney Houston =(.