Weekend Distractions: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Demonstrates Christ’s “Way”
Yesterday Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace prize recipient by winning the award at the age of 16.
As early as the age of 12 Malala was blogging about the need for girls to have access to education and being critical of the Taliban, who were closing schools for females in regions of Pakistan they controlled.
She finally became so vocal that the Taliban sent a group of assassins to kill her. On Oct 9, 2012 the Taliban group stopped the bus she was riding on and shot her 3 times in the head and neck. After many painful life saving and reconstructive surgeries she miraculously survived and has since become a rallying cry for the dignity and rights of females in the region.
Malala’s “way” follows the pattern of Christ. A message of liberty and freedom is announced. The “powers” in control don’t like the thought of control being lost and attempt to silence the messenger even to the point of killing them. Then the “return” of the messenger becomes the spark that opens up society to a new and better way of living. And the messengers commitment to non-violence “exposes” the “powers” in charge for what they really are; weak and fearful.
So kudos to Malala Yousafzai on her Nobel Peace prize but even more so, for following in “the Way”!
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