I agree with those who suggest that President Obama doesn’t deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. It seems weird to get a prize before you do anything. Let’s just go ahead and hand out the Super Bowl prize for 2010 to the Green Bay Packers.
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that is contradictory to terms. Which is how the Nobel Peace Prize came about anyway. The Nobel brothers were inventors of dynamite and one got tired of being known for death and destruction, so he decided to award prizes for peace and prosperity of life. That’s an oxymoron. So is President Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize. That’s an oxymoron.
But then again maybe I should be used to the oxymoron. In Christian faith we are told the last shall be first and the first shall be last. Jesus came to turn our world upside down. Like the physician, Jesus came to heal the sinner, not the saint. And the ultimate – we receive life from death. How cool is that! I am grateful that Mr. Nobel saw an opportunity to make lemonade from his lemon. Peace from death and destruction.
How about this. I nominate Jesus the Christ for the Nobel Peace Prize. “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14.27 I know it is a peace that I’ve already received, many times over. How about you?
Let’s give thanks for those who have really shown us peace! And pray that our president will follow through with his promises of peace.
Thanks for the article Mark, it is very insightful and thought provoking.