Suicidal Tendencies
Yesterday, I had an interview at King’s College. The school is a private Catholic college, with around 2,000 students. When my interviewer gave me directions, he told me to go to the fifth floor of the building with the statue on top.
My boyfriend, who graduated from King’s, drove me past the building a few days ago so I’d know how to get there. They weren’t kidding about that statue. It’s huge and looks very out-of-place, because it is just stuck on top of the five-story building. And, of course, it is of Jesus. I couldn’t find a picture of that statue, but here’s the general idea:
My boyfriend noted that because the building is next to the river, it lookes like Jesus is ready to jump in.
Today, as I looked up at the figure, I couldn’t help think to myself, “I was in college once, and I’ve been there. Don’t do it, man.”
January 11th, 2007 at 11:35 am
hahaha, true true…sometimes it may seem that we want to jump into the river, but it all works out in the end (i hope, i havn’t reached the end yet). good post. hahaha, i can’t get that image out of my head.
January 11th, 2007 at 11:58 am
You should see it! It’s one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever seen!
January 14th, 2007 at 7:01 am
I wonder how that could be tied in with baptism? Jumping into the waters of baptism, which makes us a Child of God, made in His image. Baptism washes all our sins away, and makes us inheritors of the Kingdom. So when you remember that God loves you, that you are a child of God, does it make everything/everyone else seem insignificant?