In Honor of Osama Bin Laden...

You all must have heard the news by now. Osama Bin Laden is dead. The moment I heard this, I joined in the excitement. This is a major development for our country. Facebook was littered with witty comments of Hide-and-go-seek and Where's Waldo references. I even added my own: "On a scale from Anne Frank to Osama Bin Laden how good was my hiding spot???" But then I kinda had a reality check. 



This man? 
This man is a human being.
 He is a man created by God.
You know this verse; "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart." ( Jeremiah 1:5 NIV )? 
It was intended for him too. 






Sometimes it is hard to remember that the Bible isn't applicable to just us. It is applicable to even the most evil among us. From Stalin and Hitler to Ivan the Terrible and Tomas de Torquemada. From these men, all the way to Osama Bin Laden. God loved them. It's easy to align yourself with God's word when it alludes to others like us. Or even those a little different than us. But these evil men? 
"Love your neighbor as yourself."
That's a little harder to do. 
"Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD." 
Ouch. I feel that America at large has held a grudge against this man. And not to say it was not without reason. He was responsible for more sin than I would believe possible for a single man. But to rejoice at death? Up until the moment of death, salvation and repentance is a choice. He will never have another moment to ponder the spiritual war. He was still a human being. A person who will never have the glory of heaven like we do. It's sad. Americans may celebrate, but God is not. No matter how evil, He was God's. I know God is in just as much agony with his death as He would be had any other man who was not saved just died.


Proverbs 24:17-18 "Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles. Or the Lord will see it and be displeased and turn his anger away from him."
It is a sad day when people celebrate death. Especially of a man who will never again have a chance to meet the God who loves and had always loved him... regardless of whether we did.

"The storm keeps on twisting.
You keep on building the lie
That you make up for all that you lack.
It don’t make no difference,
Escaping one last time.

It’s easier to believe in this sweet madness, oh,
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees."