"You can't spray Jesus with RoundUp."

Anyone who lives in the southeastern United States has seen more than their fair share of kudzu. The vine - imported as an anti-erosion measure - covers everything in sight at a growth rate that can be quite alarming. It's been known to down power lines, choke trees and engulf buildings.

Really.

So most people in the South think "herbicide" when confronted with the stuff. That was the reaction of Kent Hardison, who passes this utility pole in Kinston, NC on the way to work each day.

But then he realized that this particular clump of kudzu looks like an image of Jesus on the Cross.

Hardison's thoughts of herbicide vanished. As he said, "You can't spray Jesus with RoundUp."

Hardison believes that it's quite appropriate for our Lord to use kudzu as a reminder of the divine. As he said, "It doesn't matter what you do, it is going to be around. Ain't that a lot like Jesus?"

I'm not sure this is what Jesus meant when he said, "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."  But as this news article says, some have called it "the vine that ate the South".

Anything's possible, I guess...