The Death of Osama

Hey readers! I have been watching the news and I've seen a lot of celebration of the death of Osama. A lot of my friends' posts on facebook were like "thank God he's dead" and "yay! Osama is gone!" I couldn't say why then, but those comments bothered me greatly. Now I understand why! We had youth group at my church today, and we talked about this subject :) In the Bible it says  "Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 
lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him." Proverbs 24:17–18 When I read this passage, it was made clear. Osama is no different than us. He is a sinner, deserving and eternity in hell... and so are we!!! The only reason we won't be roasting forever is by the grace of God. Osama was created in the image of God, just like us. He (as my youth pastor said) most likely had tender moments with his children and wives. There was still a hint of God's image!  If God had not chosen me, I know I would probably be just like Osama... maybe worse. How many people have I murdered in my heart? Jesus says that hating your brother deserves the fires of hell. Even if I went my whole life without sinning, except for hating one of my brothers, I would still go to hell. Of course, Jesus called me so now I am saved! There was still punishment for my sin... every single little white lie, every single little mean word (you get the picture) was put on Jesus. He was blamed for my sins! OK, so where does this leave us with Osama? Well, we know that only God can fully judge us, and that our sins our too great for us to save ourselves. We have no right at all to rejoice in the death of Osama! Osama is really just like us. When you follow the world's description of sin, you will not at all get the full picture. We place sin into categories. Murder is horrible, so is adultery. But a little white lie now and then isn't so bad. Well guess what? The Bible tells us that sin isn't just what we do... it's in our very essence. It goes deeper than the marrow of our bones. People do not want to accept the fullness of their depravity. They don't want to say that we are as horrible and dirty as someone like Osama. The truth is, we all deserve eternal separation from God. Does that make sense? It's only by God's grace and mercy that any of us can be saved! When we put all of that into the light of the death of Osama, we should be humbled that God would be merciful to us. We should feel more sympathy to the sinner. "Love the sinner but hate the sin." Now, that does not mean that I think it was bad that Osama was killed. I believe that it has saved many lives! What matters is our response to his death. We shouldn't drink beer and dance around as if we were crazy. What kind of example would that give to unbelievers? To the people in other countries? What do you think Osama's followers do after they kill someone? They dance around, drink beer etc. How are we different from them when we do the same? If you think about it, Osama died because of what we believe.... we believe it is wrong to kill thousands of innocent people. Well, Osama and his followers killed because of their beliefs. I'm not at all justifying what he did in his life time, it's just something for y'all to chew on. Anyways, please comment if y'all have anything to ask or say. thank you :) 


Note: most of this was taken from my youth group tonight. I do believe all of this is true :)

Lost Friends

I've been listing to "How to Save a Life" by The Frey. It got me thinking. I had this one really good friend in kindergarten. We grew up together! We were really close, but she got into things that weren't at all good. She moved away to her birth father's a year or two ago. We had this really really big fight before she left. I mean, really big. It's been hard for myself to admit it, but she had a huge influence over me. Anyways, it hurt. I cried for about three days and then she moved. I haven't talked to her sense. A lot of the time I wonder if me not being a Christan at the time messed our relationship up. She always asked me questions about God and the Bible, and because I wasn't a true Christian, I couldn't answer them correctly. I tried, really I did! I know now that she needed Jesus. I wish I could have been a better friend. She never really had any great friends and she was always verbally abused by the "good Christian" kids. I do admit completely that she had problems. I've always held a grudge against her because she did pull me into things that weren't good... It's only now that I realized I still love her :( I don't know how I can put into words all of the things I'm feeling right now. I feel like I've lost something important.
"Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewhere along in a bitter descend. Would I stayed up with you all night, then I'd know how to save a life."  

My Day

    Today was and average day, so why am I so happy? Because I'm back on track! For the past week I've been a spoiled brat. The reason why is because I placed my devotion on a guy. (Yes, even though I can't date, I still have feelings for them.) Well, really two. One I like a lot... since fourth grade (I'm 10th right now.) The other likes me a lot. Stares, follows me around, and posts slightly embarrassing comments on facebook. He says he'll stop the comments, but will he ever stop the stares? Anyways, that's why I've been down in the dumps lately. I've been putting all of my energy on mulling through the dim prospects of my life (a guy I like who'll never like me and a guy who won't leave me alone.) I'm looking at what I've been writing and all I can do is laugh. Why in the world am I worrying about such things? In either case I can't (and won't) date, so why even bother worrying about a dude who follows me around or a guy who I've fallen head over heels? Well, I've refocused my life on God and what He wants of me. Over everything, He knows what will happen in my life (He planned it all!) So there is no reason for me to worry! :D thank you LORD for everything!

    Anyways, today I went to Church with my family like every other Sunday. The sermon today was about our conscience and how God should control it. Our Pastor talked about how there are different types of consciences; a seared conscience (one where they are numbed to sin.) There were others but that's all I'll write about it for now. Well, as soon as we got home, we ate some yummy food! meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and salad (and sweat tea!) After that I got to cleaning. I've cleaned the kitchen, did the dishes, started a load of laundry, and cleaned my bathroom (after this I shall be cleaning the hall.) The reason for this sudden sprout of scrubbing isn't because I've suddenly become OCD. It's because we have CFG tonight (Covenant Fellowship Group.) It's where some people from our Church come to chat and eat dessert. While the adults are having some fun, my older brother and I will be at Youth Group. We don't really do much there except eat some food, sometimes sing (which is my favorite thing we do :D) We also go and play volley ball if we want. Our youth pastor has bought a wii for us to play on too, which is fun. See? An average Sunday.

   Now I've got myself thinking. Who in the world will want to read something about a girls life? A random, average girl, who has nothing interesting happening to her. Well, I guess that was the whole point of this blog. To encourage others like me that exciting things happen in their life. Alright, now to get you thinking. Look on your life with fresh eyes. You may think it's boring (believe me, that's what I thought of my life before now) but think of what the kids who are in Africa would think about it. Or in China. Or those across the street. They may think when you go outside to feed your dog, you have an exciting life. Think about it. Just promise me reader, that no matter what you may think of your life, that you realize that others have it worse than you no matter how horrible your life is. I'm not saying your life isn't horrible or incredibly boring, but there are those who have it worse than you. Ok, done with my preaching for today!