I was watching Dateline on NBC. Mark Lauer was doing a special on Steven Tyler and since I am a Liv Tyler and American Idol fan (and also because my husband is obsessed with anything rock) I decided to watch/record it. The program was interrupted by "breaking news" and I eagerly awaited the President's announcement. Before he was able to make it, however, it was confirmed that Osama Bin Laden had been killed. I woke up my sleeping husband and said, "babe! Osama bin Laden is dead!" My mind returned to the day of September 11. I remembered where I was, who I was with, how we kept the radio on the whole period during U.S. History and watched the news during Biology. I remembered watching video clips of people jumping to their deaths out of the Twin Towers and I remember watching live the plane hit the second building. It all seemed so surreal. This was America. This wasn't supposed to happen. Thousands of lives were lost, thousands more affected by that single day that will forever mark our nation's history as one of the worst we as nation have ever experienced. And it boiled down to one man. Osama Bin Laden. Nearly a decade later, God brought him to justice. And only God knows what's in store in the near future.
Like most people, I have a facebook account. I was infuriated by the number of posts stating that we should "mourn" for the death of this man because he wasn't a Christian. Not only were they upset because other people were rejoicing, some of them went a step further and questioned my faith as a Christian...now THAT infuriated me. I even went to bed upset and had to pray that the Lord would calm my spirit. Today, however, Dr. Will Varner wrote, in my opinion, the perfect response surrounding yesterday's historic events.
http://networkedblogs.com/hmtiG
Please take the time to read it. He sums it up perfectly.
And that's all I will say about Osama bin Laden.
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