what god lives is never a coincidence and more than some happenstance it was a beautiful service. stevie wonder, just one of her friends saluting her during the funeral services at houston s hometown church in new jersey. alicia keys, art kelly, all honoring houston with their voices. stars like tyler perry and kevin costner told personal stories in memory of the superstar. aretha franklin was scheduled to be there but had to cancel because she wasn t feeling well. the service included a letter from her daughter, bobby christina. it read god said it s time, your work is done. thanks for being a wonderful daughter. as for her ex-husband, bobby brown, he says in a written statement he wasn t happy about being asked to move three times and says security kept him from seeing his daughter. so he left because i refused to create a scene. in all, it was roughly a four-hour homegoing tribute to whitney houston and punctuating the service today, a recording of louft s i