Is it appropriate to joyfully celebrate Osama Bin Laden’s death?

I’ll admit, I was filled with much joy when I found out that the coward, also known as Osama Bin Laden, received justice last night. I call him a coward because he declared war on America, brainwashed some boys to kill themselves on 9/11, ran away from the fight he instigated, and then used a woman as a shield from bullets.

However, I think there is a line between good hearted celebration and arrogant celebration.

It is right and holy to celebrate GOOD overcoming EVIL. Especially when that evil has been playing hide and go seek for the last decade.

But shouldn’t it be done in humility? In humility, we are celebrating something other than ourselves. We are not celebrating America, we’re celebrating that GOOD has overcome EVIL.

When our celebration is based on nationalism, instead of GOOD overcoming EVIL, we can arrive at a place of arrogance easily. Mostly because the celebration is focused on our performance, instead of God’s standard of what is right and wrong in the universe.

Arrogance looks bad on everyone.

We should celebrate that the Hitler of our day has been served justice. We should not celebrate that he is in hell.

Ezekiel 18:23

Do you think I take any pleasure in the death of wicked men and women? Isn’t it my pleasure that they turn around, no longer living wrong but living right-really living?