A candle burnt out too soon, Amy Winehouse was found dead on Saturday 23 July in her north London home. The cause of her death is yet unknown.
Now that she's gone, emotions and feelings aside, what lessons can be drawn from her life, that might serve as inspiration and hope plucked out of such a tragedy?
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Hi Bishop,
Amy has so many people that admired her for her songs. She was able to express what she felt in such a way that related so much to her listeners. Just like her they must be depressed, with addictions, angry at their past and life, and who knows what else.
I know music does have an influence on our emotions and affects things we do from a personal standpoint. Music if it's depressing, even increases the depression state of it's listeners. They believe they start feeling "better" by listening to more gloomy music.
It's really sad to see she never received the help she actually needed... But we all get a chance. Everyone has to hear about Jesus before they die...
What's the point of so much fame if you don't get to take anything when you die? Death doesn't just come told old people, it can be anyone at anytime. We must all be ready.
If anyone is going through what she went through it's time to receive help. You can be free... It doesn't matter who you are.
P.S. Has anyone else noticed this pattern with artists? They get fame, money, drugs and you think it's everything they want. Then for some reason they suddenly die. Coincidence? I think not.
Hi everyone.
Well, Amy is just one among other celebrities who made the fame, but can not live with it.
In my opinion, most celebrities have lived only in appearance to tried to hide their real feelings.
They sing just with their lips, but their hearts are full of sadness.
God bless her family.
Paulo Lopes - Brasil.
Just one thing to her fans... Her disturbing lyrics maybe were full of sincerity... But music and her dedication to music didn't help her. Her excellent voice didn't help her. So... don't live the life of her lyrics... Fight against such life! Or you'll die like she...
I really feel sorry for her and her fans. I liked her voice.
I have read something in the bible that really moved me, it said: "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man". I have this sentence in the back of my mind everyday.
I never knew who God was until I returned to the UCKG last winter.
I have been baptised and I went through a great fire. I am trying to grow in my faith and find that hidden treasure the bible and pastors speak about.
I have learned to fear God which is one the main thing that is expected from every christian.
Furthermore, I have understood that the fear of the lord is the border of my freedom. We are born free to do what we want once we are adults but fearing God helps set certain limits in order not to embrace the spirit of the devil. Of course I have been a sinner as I didn't know what the spirit of God was. This is one lesson I learned.
I was shocked to hear about Amy Winehouse's death and moreover shocked by the fact that she has so many people surrounding her but no one really helped her to come out of her situation.
Now she is gone and it is too late for any help.
What I learn here is that sometimes we think that we have time to do things and there are even situations where we have a prompt reflex to react and give a helping hand but we don't jump on the opportunity straight away, instead we start doubting and even foreseeing the person's reaction and then we abandoned the idea we had in the first place not knowing that idea could have save someone or made a difference.
The point is there is we don't always have time as we think we do and maybe someone had an idea or a plan for her that could have saved her but somehow the importance of its vanished as time passed by, which is sad.
I think that we have to be careful of what we do or not do and think everytime because sooner or later it is reminded to us. Which joins the saying in hte bible that we shouldn't do to someone something we wouldn't like to be done to us.
Hi Bishop,
My first thought was; 'how tragic that she died without salvation. Another soul lost and painful for Our Lord, Jesus.' I also remembered that i could have easily ended up dead too when i used to go on drink and drug binges (granted, not to Amy's extent, but we do hear of cases where people take drugs once and die from them), but was saved by the grace of God.
I was revolted to see how the devil steals, kills and destroys people's lives; Amy Winehouse was just one year younger than me. A beautiful, talented young lady who was sadly destroyed by the devil, and it reminded me how important it is to SAVE SOULS...If someone had perhaps given her a tract, magazine, newspaper, anything, maybe, just maybe she'd be alive?The devil is a LIAR!
No amount of money, fame, success can save you, ONLY God. He is the way, the truth and the light. Our spiritual life is the foundation of everything. We need to watch over our spirtual life FIRST, then the rest will follow. You can only imagine if Amy Winehouse had known about Our Lord Jesus and He's eternal love for her. If she'd surrendered her life to Him, she'd still be with us and what a great instrument to be used by God, given her millions of adoring fans.
This is a reminder to all of us who are on a mission to be with Our Lord Jesus, to work even harder to save souls, especially young generations, because i'm 28yrs old and it's so sad to see the young lives the devil is so readily willing to destroy. Saving souls is not a matter to be taken lightly. We shouldn't do it as a christian obligation, but rather, a necessity. Who knows, that could've been your sister,your daughter, your niece etc..
In conclusion, i leave just 2 important points;
1- Watch over and nurture your spiritual life FIRST; making time for God daily because He is the foundation of EVERYTHING.
2-Save souls. Do not look at someone and think they look happy, so i'll only evangelise to those that appear to be poor, needy and sick..Don't judge a book by it's cover, most of these people are yearning for something A LOT more. There's a void in their lives, which we know can only be filled by Our Lord, so evangelise, evangelise, evangelise.
One of the first things I thought when I heard about Amy Winehouse death was that, Satan, with one hand gives and when he takes it back, he takes it back double portion.
She had so much potential. Her voice was unique, she was talented; the only problem was that she didn't know what to do with her talent.
Not only that but her talent and her music couldn't help her to overcome the inner battles she was going through. Neither could her material possessions help her.
What's worse is that she has just become 'one more' who died. I don't mean to judge her but even when one music channel was playing her music as a tribute to her, I watched a bit of a video and all you can see is a glimpse of what she’s going through. Her music was a cry out for help. Her lyrics explicitly said 'They tried to make me go back to rehab but I said no, no, no' and instead of jumping to help her, people saw this song as a hit.
I just feel gutted because she could have had a better life in the hands of God, pain free. It’s a wake up call....makes you think if I was to die today what would people say about me. Did I make the difference here on earth for all the right reasons and more importantly where is my soul going? And am I going to take with me the blessings I am fighting to conquer?
J'aimais beaucoup son style de chanson, mais que voulez vous ce monde est atroce, la musique aujourd'hui se fait rarement par le coeur mais par intérêt on veut plus faire connaître les personnes pour leurs déboires que leurs talents, c'est triste pour elle, si jeune, mais pouvons nous, nous attendre à autres choses? je souhaite qu'elle est accepté JÉSUS à temps
Bishop
for me personally, i was shocked at the news that she had died, and it truly is sad, but we learnt from her death that, when we know something is bad for us, we need to act on it immediately, if we leave it thinking that we have time, then that`s the killer, we need to make a change immediately. Thing`s eventually do catch up, so in order for it to be eliminated we need to go to the root of the problem and cut it off.
Yesterday we had our 'Alive' night vigil with the youth group here in the UK, and a reoccurring subject during the event was that of the influence of friends. Amy's downfall in terms of addiction was probably due to the influence of someone f those around her. It is said that it was her ex-husband, a drug user himself that introduced her to hard drugs. Amy had appeared to have had help in the forms of rehabilitation and her family's support, but that wasn't enough. The sad thing is that it was giving up alcohol that apparently killed her. The alcohol withdrawal was too much for her body to take. This shows that physical help is not always enough.
The world didn't care until she died...all fans have left are her pictures, videos, and songs. This is only one case out of the millions and millions of other deaths we've had in history that people have forgotten. Yet, we still love to think people love us, love our personality, bla bla bla. Well, thing is they may say it, they may even feel appreciation and some admiration towards us ... BUT, they'll eventually forget, and there's nothing to do about it. So why don't we focus on developing a real relationship with the only one who treats us like kings and queens even when we don't deserve it? the One who will not forget about us...EVER
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