I was on Facebook this morning and saw several comments about President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Honestly, I was shocked. So, I googled the story and sure enough, he did.
Now, never mind the fact that the prize includes a gift of $1.4 million, the real issue is, why? Why would someone who has accomplished nothing receive such a prestigious award? The article I read noted that the recipient is selected by February 1st.
“The choice was stunning nonetheless, given the nomination deadline of Feb.1, less than two weeks after the Obama presidency began.” wrote the author.
Given that fact, it was even more stunning to read this statement from the Nobel Committee Chairman:
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” said Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee.
“…captured the world’s attention…” , “…given its people hope…”, hmmm….these phrases match ironically to the last book in my Bible. The phrase, “‘peace, peace, where there is no peace.’” in Jeremiah 6:14 popped into my mind as well.
I looked up this particular verse in the, The Message, a paraphrase of the Bible, and it pulled up verses 13-15. More shock! These verses read like something out of today’s newspaper. Read for yourself what God Himself told the Prophet Jeremiah:
“Everyone’s after the dishonest dollar,
little people and big people alike.
Prophets and priests and everyone in between
twist words and doctor truth.
My people are broken—shattered!—
and they put on Band-Aids,
Saying, ‘It’s not so bad. You’ll be just fine.’
But things are not ‘just fine’!
Do you suppose they are embarrassed
over this outrage?
No, they have no shame.
They don’t even know how to blush.
There’s no hope for them. They’ve hit bottom
and there’s no getting up.
As far as I’m concerned,
they’re finished.”
God has spoken.
Enough said.
