To
celebrate something means to party, with food, music; have a good time . . .
but it's not always like that. If we celebrate the victory on a game, for
instance, we could do it if “our team” won, but I imagine the ones who lost,
would not celebrate it, so they would not have a good time at all. Some may
think there are instances we should lose to either find out what it feels like
so we could help others when their turn comes. That is when you think that participating
on a game is more important than winning and we are having a good time just by playing.
Of course, if we win and celebrate it’s much better. Others might think that
losing is a way of winning and whatever
we lost would bring an opportunity for something better [even if it’s a job,
our health, a friend, our car, our house, whatever] And if something better
comes we should celebrate and be thankful for it. I know that it’s not easy,
but some of us have that way of thinking because we believe in Someone more
powerful. I think that no matter what the outcome might be, it
all works for the good of those who love God (Romans 8.28). That, of
course, does not mean that we do not suffer or get sad when something “bad”
happens. We are human and feel the calamities too, but have faith that
something good will come out of it. I learned it the hard way.
We get sad, though, when our “enemies”
celebrate what they believe is their victory on our loss. It comes to my mind
what happened on 9/11 and I saw a TV report where it showed the attacker’s children
dancing in the streets and celebrating. It was very upsetting and made us ask
ourselves “what kind of people would teach their children to hate others like
that, knowing they had hit innocent people?” Later on, someone told me that the
video was not a reaction of that particular moment. It is awful though how the
media manipulates people to their way of thinking. That goes on all the time.
There should be a law where the media people should not be allowed to take
sides, but only report what really happens banning all false videos that help
one side or another. And talking about the media people I am criticizing myself, because I am a fiction writer and somehow I communicate my feelings too.
Although some writers have tried to make feel as normal something that many
people resent. God asks us to love and tolerate one another, but on account of
that we DO NOT have to celebrate something that we know is against God’s will
because it is as if we would be like mocking Him and it is disrespectful; if we
love Him, we should try to obey Him no matter how hard it might feel. He will
help if we ask, but it has become a challenge to violate God’s will. Now days,
the celebrations of some minority groups which used to be very uncommon, are legalized;
and woe to whoever thinks and acts opposed to it, even by omission, because could
be “crucified”. It is as if the majority of people should pay for something
they do not care about and a minority imposed it, legally, and you are in disrespect
if you do not celebrate it.
It is
very sad that in the country of liberty we have to put up with the libertinism
of a few corrupt minds which have no principles and think they’re right making
the majority pay for their poor judgment. How the faithful city has become a harlot.
She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, but now
murderers, your silver has become dross. . .your rulers are rebels and
companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do
not defend the orphan, nor does the widow’s plea come before them (Isaiah
1.21-23)
How
great Jesus came to deliver us from all that, and we can celebrate with Him the
victory in the near future, if we ask him, no matter how sinful we have been. “For
God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world
might be saved through Him. He who
believes in Him is NOT judged; he who does not believe has been judged already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John
3. 17-18)
