To Gloat, or Not to Gloat. Is There a Question?

Since the execution of Usama bin Laden there has been much discussion on whether or not the rallies and revelry were "an appropriate Christian response".  The following is my perspective, not intended to change your opinion or to help you find one, just my 2 cents.

I'm a firm believer that God has attributes, or characteristics that don't change.  For that reason we can have confidence that He is not wishy-washy.  As Christians we tend to lean on the more "New Testament" qualities; Love, Justice, Truth.  However, to think that God is different between the Old and New Testaments is to fail in understanding who He is at all.

A familiar story in the OT is recorded in the book of Esther.  In a simplified paraphrase it's the story of "Haman bin Laden" who hates people not like him.  He sets upon a mission to not only destroy the infidels but to bankrupt their entire society.  God uses otherwise anonymous nobodies to disrupt his plan and ultimately Haman suffers the same death he intended for the infidels.  The "infidels" not only celebrated his death and the end of his "terrorism" but established a holiday, Purim, to commemorate it all.

The point of this, my point, is that historically there have been "bin Ladens" who tried to do other societies in because they were different and "infidels"in their eyes.  God has intervened through the use of willing little boys (David), beautiful young women (Esther) even slaves (Joseph) to ensure that those who would be known as His people receive His Divine protection.  In many, if not all, of His "deliverance-s" the result was celebration.

So, is celebration in this situation a bad thing?  Not as long as you remember who really orchestrated it.  One last paraphrase; the shots of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord.

Maybe this was 3 cents worth of opinion.