i who have died am alive again today,

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

~e.e. cummings

this is the poem i'm using in a poster for the show. bill explicated it for us to think about it in terms of Jesus being the first person, speaking "i who have died am alive again today" -- i think this is so beautiful, and it completely shifts my view of this poem. this could be a portrait of the Son speaking to the Father of "this most amazing day", His death on the Cross as atonement for our sins. (!)

at covenant, the series called 'the gospel song' is radically shifting my view of Jesus & the gospel. i am so grateful for the pastors who were led to preach these messages!!