You Thought It Couldn't Be Done? Whitney Houston Danced

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People said all sorts of things about Whitney Houston. She was made fun of on television from shows like In Living Color. I never really liked that show. I was in high school when I saw that show, and I thought it was stupid. There was one or maybe two episodes that made me laugh. Luckily, I never saw the episode called Whitney Houston - Rhythmless Dance. I never saw it until after Whitney's death, and when a famous person dies, everything that was ever done or said is talked about and seen.  I guess the comedy was trying to say Whitney had no rhythm, but that's not true.

At one time, I didn't think Whitney Houston was interested in dancing, whenever she performed; when she first appeared in the singing business. I never thought that she couldn't dance because I knew she could learn if she couldn't. There was just something about Whitney that made you know deep down inside that she could do anything. When she said she could do anything singing her song, I'm Your Baby Tonight, you could hear the soulfulness in her voice that she meant it and believed it. When she sung, I'm Every Woman, she sung that song as if it really pertained to her.

The night that Whitney performed, I'm Your Baby Tonight on Arsenio Hall, Whitney Houston danced.  She told us in her song, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Those songs were all about Whitney. She must have loved dancing and gave it a shot. It looked kind of tough dancing and singing all at the same time, but Whitney came out dancing. She was not that Rhythmless dancer that they said that she was. 

Things I Noticed About Whitney

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When I first saw Whitney Houston, she was very intelligent sounding. She spoke kind of proper. Whitney did not seem like a young woman from what they call the hood. She wanted to be something in life, and she had the right mentality as an African American woman.. I think some people were jealous and afraid of that. Even her own race. I can't get over Al Sharpton calling her Whitey.

Whitney did not have to prove nothing to nobody about herself. She was a bold lady. All she had to do was just be herself, and she needed to be a happy self with some freedom. Not the person of Hollywood. Whitney had greatness with an invisible crown on her head. I don't believe she knew she had that crown, but the people that booed her at The Soul Train Awards knew. How are we going to boo somebody we made the queen? It looks and sounds like an ignorant Hollywood music business thing to me. It is said they lift you up to bring you down. Like the world is messed up, Hollywood is messed up. People need to stand up. They don't have to take the confusion and evil. God would not want us to.

When it comes to Whitney Houston, the media loves to mention drugs. Why weren't they seeing and mentioning her depression and the times that she was tired? She certainly did look depressed and tired sometimes. Sometimes you could tell when she wasn't so cheerful. I believe it was what other people were doing too that made her sad. Sometimes it's those things we don't see. But I know that God sees, and he's not happy.

Whitney Houston - God Will Take Care of You

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Here is a rare footage from Quencie Thomas.
It is of Whitney Houston singing in church. She is singing God Will Take Care of You at Bishop Dr. Fred Jerkin's church in New Jersey. It was the year of 1998.

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

Concert and Film _ I Will Always Love You

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Whitney Houston sung her heart out singing, I Will    Always Love You. She appeared to be singing the words to many people. Did she know that she would some day leave us? Probably so, and she gave us her all.

I wonder how the people feel today that walked out on  Whitney when she couldn't give them her best singing. Did they really love her? Whitney was fighting because she loved her fans, and I can truly understand if she thought she didn't have that same love back from some of her fans. 

Whitney had some fans that never got a chance to meet her that wanted to be her friend. Not all fans want an autograph. What's an autograph? Just a signed name on something you can burn. A friend is something Whitney would have remembered. 

My heart is in grief you see because I didn't get the chance to meet Whitney or even be her friend. I wanted to be the one to tell her that she was better than cigarettes because she helped people to live and smoking has caused people to die. But I would have let her smoke her cigarettes and would have gave her the space she needed. I would have never stopped being her friend, and any argument between us would have stayed between us in life and in death. I would have always loved her and I still do.

When Whitney was alive singing, I Will Always Love You, it was only a song to me back then. Now that she's gone, it is saying more. Back then, Whitney was just a talented singer to the eyes and ears of many. She must have been more than that from a distance because now we can see how much she means.

There are Whitney Houston fans that make beautiful videos and remixes of Whitney's songs today. Check out the concert and film put together of Whitney Houston singing I Will Always Love You.

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.