The poem portrays God’s deep patience and mercy, emphasizing His desire for all people to avoid destruction and embrace repentance. Rather than hastening judgment, He offers a loving invitation to turn from darkness and sin, providing a path to redemption. The sonnet highlights His forbearance—delaying wrath out of care—and His ultimate hope that every soul finds peace and life through grace.

The heart of God, in patience vast and deep,
Desires no soul to wander lost in night,
But calls each one from shadows grim to weep,
And turn to mercy’s ever-glowing light.
His will, a shepherd’s love that seeks to save,
Delays the storm that justice might demand,
Forbearing wrath, He stretches out to pave
A path where trembling feet may safely stand.
No haste to judge, no eagerness to slay,
He yearns for hearts to bend beneath His grace,
To cast the chains of sin and pride away,
And seek the peace that shines upon His face.
So wide His wish, so boundless is His care,
That all might live, repentant, in His air.