The calm before the storm - Jesus in happy times. Click for larger pic
A huge statue of Jesus Christ in Monroe, Ohio, USA was struck by lightning and destroyed during a thunderstorm yesterday night.
The six story statue, built next to the not entirely aptly-named Solid Rock Church, was the idea Church founder and former horse trader Lawrence Bishop and his wife.
The 'Beacon of Hope' - Click for larger view.
The $250,000 statue was intended to be a ‘beacon of hope’, but after being struck by lightning it became a rather more conventional beacon with searing flames and smoke etc. It is now more or less obliterated.
We are left wondering how the quarter of a million dollars insurance claim will fare. This was indeed the ultimate Act of God…
More dramatic pics can be found here.
Posted by Peter A 
