2.18.12,VERBATIM,TYLER,PERRY,WHITNEY,HOUSTON,FUNERAL
"God bless you. The Houston family, I know this -- I know this grief. It was Pat who introduced me to Whitney a while back, and she and I sat in a restaurant in Atlanta, just the two of us, sat there talking for about an hour and a half about four years ago. And during this time she was telling me about her life. I was very surprised at how candid and open and revealing she was as she was talking to me. She would talk about some things that she had went through. Some things that had made her sad, some things that were tough. As I would see her talk about this, I would see this heaviness come upon her. I'm the type of person that when I would see this with anyone, I would just want to say something encouraging. But before I could get words out to encourage her, but she would say "but the Lord." And the conversation went on, the conversation went on, we would talk a little bit more. She would go back into sadness and just when I'm about to step in, she would say but my Lord and my Saviour, Jesus Christ and his amazing grace. It was at that moment that I knew that I would do all I can to stand with her. From that moment until now I've been standing with the family and with her. I'm just completely thankful to God for all that he has done in her life. There are two constants that I know about Whitney Houston. One is that there was a grace that carried, a grace that carried her from heaven down through Miss Cissy Houston, a grace that brought her up through singing. A grace that brought in -- from what I understand she wasn't even supposed to be able to speak let alone sing because of an incident that happened to her as a child, but there was a grace that kept on carrying her all the way through. The same grace led her all the way to the top of the charts, sold all of these albums and has just done some amazing things, won all these awards. She sang for presidents. There was a grace that kept on carrying her. That's one thing I know. The other thing I know for sure, and this is more important than anything that she's ever done in her life. Whitney Houston loved the Lord. And in every conversation we had over these years, it was evident that she loved the Lord. She loved the Lord. When I think about her, there's a scripture that keeps burning in my heart. I keep thinking about the Apostle Paul in Romans when he is talking about I am persuaded that nothing shall separate me from the love of God. So what I know about her is that nothing separated her from the love of God. If you look at what Paul was saying, he was describing her life so perfectly. He said neither height, which no matter how far she went in the stratosphere, nothing separated her -- neither height nor depth, no matter how much struggle. No matter what she had to go through, no matter what she had to walk through, it still wasn't enough to separate her from the love of God, nor principalities or power or things to come. Nothing was able to separate her from the love of God. So what I know about her is that she loved the Lord. And if there was a grace that carried her all the way through, it was the same grace that carried her home. And I just want to close by saying this because the Apostle Paul said something else that just fascinates me as I read the words sometimes. He said, what then say you to these things that if God before you, who can be against you. So say whatever you want. God was for her and she is resting, singing with the angels. God bless your family. God bless you. God bless you, Whitney. We love you so much." http://radiantgod.blogspot.com/2012/02/tyler-perry-speaks-at-whitney-houston.html
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