Whitney: Elegance & Strength

 

Today, I’m thinking of Whitney Houston once again. To me, she had elegance and strength when I first saw her. I was excited when I first heard her music and all the world around me. Whitney was like a hero in music. We needed the kind of music Whitney had for us. She was a soulful singer from the church, but it wasn’t just about soulfulness. I learned that from the spirit of the LORD and hearing His voice that there is more to it than soulfulness. The Heavenly Father should know. He made music and he made Whitney. 

You can see the image and what I have written about Whitney here: Elegance and Strength

SR - The Voice Whitney

 

Whitney Houston has never sung a song titled, I’m Gonna Sing and Shout. But that’s exactly what she did when she was alive. She did sing and shout. Whitney has sung as if she were singing out loud to the back row of an audience. Her voice did travel. She had a lot of power in her singing, and that’s how I was inspired to make the illustration for today’s SoReal strip. ... 

 

Musical Notes

 

When I hear Whitney’s singing, I don’t see the musical notes of her voice, but I sure can imagine them because she was full of notes. 

The Leo Icon - The Pictorial Voice

 The Pictorial Voice of Whitney Houston is my visual interpretation. ...

Whitney Houston (Nippy and The Lion)

Illus. By: Gail Nobles

What would Whitney Houston say about our world if she was alive today? She is known as the voice, and I think she would have a lot to say. Whitney is known for singing, but I bet she had some speeches in her too straight from the heart. Speeches about justice and equality.

Whitney was from New Jersey and traveled to sing from state to state and to different countries and all over the world. I can imagine that she has seen a lot, and she probably knew a lot about people. I always imagined her going as far as the White House.

Whitney Houston's sign is Leo and Leo's are intelligent. I named the art above Nippy and The Lion and really they are one.

Whitney Houston was a Leo Icon

By Gail Nobles Copyright © 2020

Whitney Houston was a Leo Icon. She was successful with a powerful nature. Whitney was truly show business with talent, and her sign is about these things for August 9th. From my understanding, there are degrees of Leo.

Being a Leo, sometimes I have to wonder if that is why the lion was chosen as the logo for Whitney's company Nippy Inc. Well, a great choice was made because Whitney Houston was truly a lion.

The Symbolism of Nippy

Whitney Houston whose nick name is Nippy died a Hollywood star. It bothered some people that they had seen an Egyptian statue after her death at the private family viewing online. Don't let that bother you because that is not what Nippy was about. Nippy belonged to The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark New Jersey. She sung in the choir there and Whitney's mother Cissy Houston is also a lifelong active member of the congregation, and serves on the Deaconess Board. Whitney Houston (Nippy) never stopped visiting churches when she was alive and would sing. I've seen a rare footage of Whitney singing at Bishop Dr. Fred Jerkin's Evangelical Fellowship Church in Pleasantville, NJ in 1998. I'm sure Hollywood has it's own ideas away from church.

The Symbolism

Nippy has been known to help some people in Hollywood. She sounded like someone who would protect you and help you if she could. In the art above, I made Nippy a warrior with a weapon because I knew she was battling in spiritual warfare.

Ephesians 6:12 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].

Ephesians 6:11 - Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

If Nippy had not been a Christian, we might not would have ever noticed her spiritual warfare. She was in a real battle. If you have been reading your Bible, you know the story of Job and Satan. You know how Peter denied Jesus (Luke 22:31-32). You know about Paul and how a thorn was given to him in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7). I believe the Shepard boy known as King David was in the battle too.

The Mummy  on the shoulder of Nippy means nothing but death. Sometimes men think they have murdered and buried the dead, but some men are not dead in Christ. They will have new bodies anyway. So why preserved the body like the Egyptians do? In the art, you see Nippy alive, and she wears the mummy to open the minds of men to make them think about what death and life really are.

Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

Matt. 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

In the first bottom fold of Nippy's headband and helmet is written her nick name Nippy. The helmet represents rank. If Nippy (Whitney Houston) gets to heaven, she'll have a new name.

Rev. 2:17 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows saving he that receives it.

I Love Nippy (Whitney Houston)

I've always pictured Whitney Houston in movies as Nippy. I believed she would have been an awesome character as the bad girl. It would have been good to see her start in the beginning of a movie as the good girl and end with good reason to be the bad girl. I've seen Whitney in a rare video excited watching the movie "Set It Off". I've always pictured her in that kind of movie although she seemed to be a humble. loving, and very kind person. I'm glad that Whitney stayed that humble, loving, and kind person and did not change.

When I saw Whitney's video "Watchulookinat", it looked as if Whitney had something to say. She looked as if she had a lot inside. There was a Whitney I had never seen before, and I enjoyed her video. I didn't mind hearing Whitney Houston sing and act out a frustration. She had good reason for doing so because of the way she was being treated. It was good for Whitney to sing and act out her frustrations rather than keeping it locked up inside. I enjoyed her new look and style in the video, "Watchulookinat". I thought, "Whitney could be someone else, and she is a great actress, I love Nippy." 

I Love NIPPY

Whitney Houston - Cautionary Tale?

What is a cautionary tale? When it comes to Whitney Houston, should the story of her life and death be called a tale at all? A cautionary tale is a tale told in folklore, to warn its listener of a danger. For Whitney, there was danger but why warn the listeners that way? Everybody is saying different things about Whitney and how she lived and died. You can tell that there are things left out and not being said in the story. I don't believe that the whole truth is told. The story doesn't add up and left as a mystery of how she really died to my mind.

Sometimes I have to wonder if the story was being told to us from the beginning while Whitney was alive. She told us about some of the fears that she had. We saw signs of depression on her face. Whatever it was about, I do not believe that some of it was of her own demons.

Whatever happened to Whitney Houston, God is not pleased. If other people were involved in Whitney's death, they also have a price to pay. It is possible that they will pay the price worse than whatever so called price Whitney had to pay for fame. Whitney may not have been an angel, but she still was somebody's child. That child belonged to God. It was him that took her on out of this world to be with him. And if she is not gone, (because I didn't see her body, and I didn't see her buried) God is with her where ever she is.

Hollywood dressed Whitney in a black cloak in the movie, The Bodyguard. It is a place of fantasy. It is a place that can tell you the truth in diguise through movies and stories. Maybe that movie told us what was actually going to happen to Whitney. Usually, black represents darkness or death. However, if Whitney is in heaven, God has given her a white robe. He has more to offer in his kingdom than that of Hollywood. And remember, life is not fantasy, the people .. they are not fantasy, and neither is God.

Whitney and The Sand of Time

 

Whitney and The Sand of Time

Ecclesiastes 3:8

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

The Heart of Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston traveled all over the world. She liked visiting places like Israel. Whitney loved reading her Bible, and she loved children. Sometimes she was troubled like a human being sometimes will be, but there were good things in her heart that came out.

Fans still mourn about Whitney Houston's death. They comment and post on her pictures and videos on social media everyday.

St. John 14:1 Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled .........

Whitney Houston and The Bible

Some people make fun of Whitney Houston. You have got to be careful at who you laugh at and what you laugh at. I don't care how good or how bad somebody else may seem. Everything in the world is funny to some people until trouble comes their way. If you know what the Bible mentions, you know that you had better be careful at what you laugh at. You can tell who really reads the Bible. There are people raised up making mockery of other people. So we know how lost they are. Jesus was also mocked.

Luke 18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:

Whitney Houston was searching for something. It is said that she knew her Bible well. She went in the direction of the Lord though she might not have been doing what was right sometimes. Some people would never think about the Bible or Christ. I'm sure that God was paying attention if Whitney was truly seeking him. Some people have no one to talk to and no one to guide them along the way in life. Maybe they were brought up in church, but there are things wrong in the church buildings too. Whitney was searching and reading the Bible for herself.

St. John 5: 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Yes, it is said that Whitney Houston has done drugs. Many people do drugs and maybe for different reasons. If you don't do drugs, that doesn't mean that you are better than the next person. There is something wrong in your life too. I have things in my life that I am fighting and need to overcome. Whitney knew that she could somehow overcome through Jesus Christ. There was a tabloid show that called Whitney crazy. Anyone that is seeking God has more sense than a lot of folks. What does tabliods do and the people that write them? The Bible mentions the things that they do in so many words. Search the scriptures. They got to stand before God too. We all do.

Satan kept going after Whitney. He doesn't go after people that are lost. Satan figures that he has them already. He's interested in those that he does not have. Satan wanted Whitney dead because she was a threat from the beginning. She was getting close to her daughter, and she was moving away from drugs. That made Satan work just that much harder. He knew there was something special about Whitney.

Whitney must have been doing something right. She probably would not have went through all of the hurt and pain she went through if Satan was not interested in her. Whitney was going through a constant battle. God knew whom she was as well better than she knew herself. Better than those that are judging her. I'm just glad that Whitney picked up her Bible and knew about God. She will get a better judgment from the Lord. God knows how hard we try and if we have really done our best or not.

John 3:16 King James Version (KJV)

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Nippy, Needle, and Record (Whitney Houston)

Whitney Houston had a New Jersey-based management company. I like the frame of mind Whitney had. She was about business, and she had the right idea in having her own. It is said she had some other companies too. I'm learning some more things about Whitney I didn't know. It kind of makes me sad that I didn't get to meet her. To forget the pain of her being gone, today I just draw Nippy, needle, and record. 

Art by: Gail Nobles  © 2020

The Voice In the Rock

When Whitney Houston was alive, she would sing the gospel song, "I Go To The Rock". She could move the audience singing that song. Now that Whitney is not with us, I think of her with God and still singing better than before. I think of her as the voice in the rock.

Whitney Houston Chased in her Dream

Art by Gail Nobles

Kevin Macdonald's  documentary of Whitney Houston mentions she was running from something big. In the dream, it never catches Whitney. Whatever it was, it was probably evil and wanted her soul. Maybe it never caught her because maybe it never captured her soul. Whit knew there was a God above, and she knew who to run to. She knew who the savior was. 

Whitney Houston and the Rest Note

Art by Gail Nobles

Right now today, I miss Whitney Houston. Every time I listen to music, I think of her. I think of Whitney and the rest note because she is resting. She went to rest in her new home. Whitney is silent to us. In heaven, her soul might be singing. If so, her notes have sound in heaven.

When Whitney was on earth singing, I believe God was listening. There is one thing I know for sure. God doesn't forget what you do for him. If you sing for him, he remembers. If you talk about him, he remembers. When Whitney won all those awards on earth for singing, she was cleaning house. In other words, she won many. Just imagine her reward in heaven. Up there, there are greater and everlasting things for Whitney that no man can take. No dust can get to it, and she has plenty of room. And as far as singing, she's probably singing notes  you never heard her sing before.

The Voice Whitney

By Gail Nobles © 2020

Everyone knows that Whitney Houston was the voice. When it was said that she lost her voice, to me, she did not loose it completely. Her voice just changed, and she couldn’t hit the notes as high as she could when she was so much younger. It’s a common thing that can happen. There may have been some things that affected her voice too. A number of things can affect the voice.

On Whitney’s last album, I Look To You, I could still tell that I was hearing the voice of Whitney Houston. Some people like the fact that Whitney’s voice changed and thinks she sounds better older than when she was young. There are all sorts of opinions and listeners. I loved hearing Whitney and I wish I could have told her in her living years.