were jealous and envious yet whitney tried to be happy anyway. the good she did, she knew could be forgotten, but she did good anyway. even when she gave the best she had, it sometimes was not enough, and she knew it, but she gave us her best anyway. she knew deep down that in the final analysis it was always between her and god. and it was never between her and the world anyway. [ applause ] today it is my prayer and that of our family that you will remember her with the love that she gave to everyone no matter what may be going on anyway. to my mother-in-law, yes, you
psalms 115 and 116, until this past saturday when our beloved whitney found her way into the very presence and safety of god, then i understood. when someone dies, we are sad, we are angry, we are stunned, we are often bewildered, and we may even feel abandoned. but the more i think of her l e life, the more i know that she is so safe and so precious in the eyes of god that he carefully considered the time for her to come to another level of peace. i m even more comforted by the fact that all of our times are in his hands. today the world is celebrating the life and times of this magnificent woman of grace, beauty, and enormous talent. today the world is saying good-bye in a way to that incredible soul.
just in this time but throughout her career, we loved her so much and that won t stop. i m so very happy we were able to do a song together. because actually in my little fantasy world, i had a little crush on whitney. okay? but i just have so much respect for her love for music. and when we sang in the studio we were ripping back and forth and who was going to do the riff and all that kind of craziness, but just expressing love and appreciation to the gift of god has given us. i understand in this song lucy in the sky was a song she
meant like you were a choir from heaven choir, oh who can lose with god on my side and no more whitney, no more do you have to cry you love always be our ribbon in the sky the angel of god choir, angel of god choir the angel from god s choir of love whoa, i want to give praise to the father i want to give praise to the father
yeah no, no yeah l-o-v-e, love can t you hear whitney telling us love we need love today america and the world we need to put it together quickly god s gonna come and we better be ready he s gonna come better be ready whoa, just give the world