A Short Testament Whatever harm I may have done In all my…
““A Short Testament Whatever harm I may have done In all my life in all your wide creation If I cannot repair it I beg you to repair it, And then there are all the wounded The poor the deaf the lonely and the old Whom I have roughly dismissed As if I were not one of them. Where I have wronged them by it And cannot make amends I ask you To comfort them to overflowing, And where there are lives I may have withered around me, Or lives of strangers far or near That I've destroyed in blind complicity, And if I cannot find them Or have no way to serve them, Remember them. I beg you to remember them When winter is over And all your unimaginable promises Burst into song on death's bare branches.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
A plea to God for forgiveness and remembrance of the wounded, acknowledging human failings and seeking divine comfort.
In simple terms: Ask God to remember and heal the suffering.
Key Takeaway
Pray for compassion and redemption.
Themes
spirituality
forgiveness
compassion
humanity
prayer
Mood
somber
hopeful
Type
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Bible:0
Death:0
Forgiveness:1
God:1
Life:0
Poetry:0
Testament:0
Short Testament:0
Testament Harm:0
Beg Remember:1
Serve Remember:0
When to use this quote
- church services
- personal prayer
- community outreach
Key Concepts
suffering
remembrance
redemption
Questions to Reflect On
- Who do we need to remember?
- How can we act on compassion?
A Different Perspective
Divine promises may feel distant.