Last night, we had horrible storms in Cincinnati. Our tornado sirens went off and Tyler and I came downstairs to watch the news in our window surrounded kitchen as opposed to watching it in our window surrounded bedroom. We really thought that being on the first floor would keep us much safer. We also put on our shoes in case we needed to dash to the basement. We were not about to go to our basement because our basement doesn't have cable and it's kind of gross. We also decided that in the face of a real disaster, we should probably own a battery operated radio. We'll probably get on that after the next weather related "disaster". We are nothing if not prompt.
Anyway, back to the real reason for this post. I woke up this morning and checked Twitter and started seeing updates about Touchdown Jesus.
Touchdown Jesus is a 6 story statue of, you guessed it, JESUS, right off I-75 in Monroe, Ohio. We pass TJ often because he is on our way home to Michigan. In fact, I saw him just a few days ago.
Touchdown Jesus burned down last night.
During the crazy storms, lightning struck Jesus and he burned to the ground. Thankfully, it doesn't appear as thought anyone was hurt. It was made of foam so I'm guessing it burned rather quickly. I feel badly for the pastor of the church because I'm sure this will be quite the financial burden. However, I have to wonder-- what did Jesus think of a 60+ foot tall statue of Himself? Did it truly bring more people to Himself and bring Him glory?
Thoughts?
