The day that I left for Morocco (this past Monday, May 2), I woke up, showered, ate breakfast, packed, and checked my facebook. Of course, my newsfeed was crazy with statuses commenting on the death of Osama bin Laden. The majority of those statuses were filled with celebration and American pride. I couldn't help but feel a small twinge of sadness over all those one-line statuses so jubilant over someone's death. We cannot simultaneously love our enemies and kill them. It just doesn't line up biblically.
Prince of Peace, renew our vision.
“Rejoicing in the death of another, however wicked, involves forgetting the depths of our own depravity and the astonishing reality of our own salvation." -Gideon Strauss of the Center for Public Justice, in response to bin Laden’s death.
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Amen! Well said.
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