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As we drive to and from Michigan, we pass the Solid Rock Church. This is a non-denominational church that built a pond in front of their building. It all faces and is next to I-75. Very visible going and coming. At the back of the pond, between the pond and the church building, they built a huge statue of Jesus. It was on a metal frame, covered in styrofoam, with another covering over that and painted the color of butter. Hence the naming of this statue by passersby of 'Butter Jesus'.
The beauty of the statue going to Michigan is that you are now on the outside edge of Dayton which seems to be perpetually under construction. The gravity of the statue returning from Michigan is that you are about to enter the Dayton construction nightmare.
There is a comedian names Heywood Banks who wrote a song about the amazing statue called "Butter Jesus". The link I have given has him singing his catchy tune.
This morning Todd sent Katelyn a message saying the statue burned to the ground. Katelyn, not want to be gullible, asked me to quickly search for a report of the burning of Butter Jesus. I was checking eMail's. I quickly found proof on news websites of the story of the burning down of Butter Jesus to the ground after being struck by lightning.
I remember seeing lightning rods coming out of each of His fingers where his hands are raised into the air (some call Him 'football Jesus' because of this pose).
The news reports state the Solid Rock church does plan to rebuild the statue. They were going to give it maintenance attention this year and now will just rebuild.
I always wondered about Jesus coming out of this huge pond. My only conclusion had been the connection between following Jesus and being baptized, washing away of sins, Jesus is the Living Water, etc. Wikipedia states this was their baptismal pond. So I guess all that fits.
This was a landmark our family all enjoyed. We'll miss it until they get it rebuilt.
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