The death of such a famous person brings us to earth with a reality that life is temporary, fragile and no one knows how many days,weeks or years we have to live. My youngest sister died just over a year ago, and not a day goes by without me thinking of her and the fact that one day I was able to talk to her and then the next day all that was left of her was a lifeless body. She had gone - the sister I knew was no longer there. A body is just a shell, a home for the real part of us, and in death that essence of who we are no longer remains in that body. Whitney Houston has gone - but where ? Paramedics tried to resuscitate life back in to Whitney's body, but the real Whitney was no longer there.
As a Christian, I believe that the real essence of a person (their spirit) after going through the experience of death goes to one of 2 places - either to where God is - their Creator, Father, Saviour to continue to live a life purposed for them, in continued relationship with God but in another spiritual dimension. Or they go to a spiritual place where God is not, and continue a life without a relationship with God because of their choice on earth not to have a relationship with their Creator.
Although I miss Jay, my sister, and my mind wrestles with her emptiness death brings, I do have comfort as I know she is with God, because of the choices she made when she was still here. I also know that one day I will see her again and she is free from pain and sadness now.
None of us truly know where Whitney Houston is right now. I hope she is with God and she could be. She was brought up in church where she would have heard about God and the fact the Jesus was the way to a relationship with God after leaving this earth.
I was powerfully impacted by "The Preacher's Wife" in which she sang many songs about God and Jesus. For me the movie was deeply spiritual and pointed and strengthened me to continue in my faith and belief in God. I believe Whitney Houston had opportunities to know God personally. Her later life's struggles - broken marriage, drug and substance abuse show that she was deeply hurting , trying to find her way. Don't we all go through troubled times where we try everything except God's way? I do believe that in the last moments of her consciousness God would have given Whitney one last choice to have a lasting relationship with Him. I do hope and pray that Whitney took that opportunity and in those last moments made the best choice of her life.
