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Thank you I'm glad you: Thank you I'm glad you understood my poem clearly :) 

Brilliant concept: Put forth in such a way that it presents contrast between "what was" and "what is/will be" with such power, it's almost overwhelming.   Somehow, it's all encased in a beauty, how ever dimlit by the circumstances, through the "poem I wrote in my youth".   This, to me, is one of those poems that becomes a true place of sanctity. 

Thank you so much for that: Thank you so much for that comment and validation.  I did not look up "spittling" before I wrote the poem, so I must confess my ignorance of its usage.  I will correct my note so that it does not seem that I am claiming to have coined the word.  And the third paragraph of your comment goes to the heart of the poem's purpose:  I truly and sincerely felt that he was committing real blasphemy by reducing Jesus to "that little man."  Thank you for your customary and precise insight into the meanings and motives of my poems; it provides me the greatests encouragement.

Quite interesting on a couple: Quite interesting on a couple of points here, the first being that poetic licence is under the operation of each individual poet, and some are shier than others to employ that licence as with driving licences, some just have it for ID or just in case they were by force of circumstance be sitted behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. In poetry the feel and the deeming of coinage and such depends on the poetic process that has been undergone, as such no flippant dismissal or objection can stand up to the poetic argument that preceded. Second, should that now deceased preacher be of southern background or influence, and possibly even not may have used this phrase not to harp on the physical stature of the Lord (and I say this because it was spat out at every sermon) but perhaps (now this only being a suggestion of probable intent) refers to how the hearers (those who have ears hear...) have little or no concern for Jesus, that He is less important in their thoughts or philosophies of life where other things are grander and of more import in their day to day lives than the spoutings of a small village prophet (can anything good come out of Nazareth) thus, He may be little or poor or shoddy to the hearers but the lowliness and humble birth of the King who wasn't born in a palace, the wise then being made foolish and the mighty toppled through the contrast against the weak and base things. But that is just a suggestion of thought and not an assertion. Specially as I have no personal experience or knowledge of the Charleston style of worship.

Feeling this! Great meme we: Feeling this! Great meme we can relate to. Thanks for sharing. 

You're quite welcome.   This: You're quite welcome.   This reference that said preacher made towards Jesus being little or small is quite unusual, as a matter of fact I'd never heard the thought prior. I wonder if, perhaps, he thought it was a way to make people who might feel small or little - feel less so. If Jesus was "little" and is their savior, than they might be bigger than they appear, as well. I don't know, just a ponderance.    What ever his intentions, it does fly against the portrayal of Jesus in the Bible, as well as other texts not included there-in. And, of course, the shroud, which as far as I'm aware is regarded in the various sects of Christianity as authentic (or at least likely to be so). 

Only by a case of deduction,: Only by a case of deduction, having noticed as an avid reader that the scope and intensity and manner of reading varied differently when Muse sourced in contrast to curriculum forced. It felt like the Muse had a syllabus all her own that at times intersected the madness or the brilliance of school generated reading lists. Thanks for responding and sharing your thoughts.