A mind change on Osama Bin Laden's Death

So here we are, 4 days after the killing of my generation's biggest bad guy. When the news first broke, a sense of joy and celebration came over me. I was thrilled to hear of the mastermind behind 9/11 had been shot and killed. I felt a sense of justice for the countless American lives that were killed on 9/11. I turned on my tv and saw many people in Times Square and in front of the White House celebrating. I was just as happy as they were. I felt this way pretty much the whole next day, then it hit me.

We were celebrating someone's death, someone that God loves just as much as me. Talk about a reality check. How hard was it to swallow that God created and Jesus died for Osama Bin Laden. Once I wrapped my head around that thought, my thoughts about the whole thing changed. I felt like I had been slapped in the face over and over. Some people on Facebook had cited Ezekial 33:11 which says,  "Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?" You see no matter how wicked and evil Osama was, God still loved him.

Yesterday I saw replays of people celebrating, and it just didn't sit right with me anymore. A couple days ago, I expressed those same feeling for Osama's death but now to see this big party going on disgusted me. How can we, as American's, who saw the celebrations that occurred with those associated with the terrorists after 9/11, turn around and drop down to their level by celebrating the death of their leader? It just doesn't make sense to me. Watch a side by side comparison of the two.

 

I was one of the one's who disagreed at first with those posting scripture and degrading the fact that we were celebrating. I liked the immediate sense of unity we had a country, for once, I felt proud to be American. Afterwards though, I felt sorrow, why does it take a tragedy to bring this country together? Think about it. Everytime we come together it's been after a tragedy, whether it be 9/11, the Arizona Shootings, or even the death of a terrorists. Is the United States of America as truly as united as we would like to believe? Because for as long as I've been alive, within the country, theres always been bickering and fighting between political parties. That doesn't seem very united. There has been tensions and racism between different races. That doesn't seem very united. Our divorce rate is 50% and growing, united? There something wrong with our country and its this: The farther we get away from God, the less united we will become. It's time America, time to turn back to The Father of our Forefathers, the One whom we says we trust in our currency, the One we claim to be under in our pledge. 

It's time to quit celebrating the death of a terrorist, and celebrate the death and resurrection of a Savior.