Imagine a growing relationship

In the Roman Catholic Lectionary today we are offered texts with unfamiliar metaphors.
We may not appreciate the difference between the size of the seed and the size of the plant in the case of the mustard seed. The image of streams in the Negeb is difficult for people who live in a land of much moisture. The stream in the desert is Life. We hear the great hope of the Apostle Paul for the unleashing of the fruits of the Spirit in Creation. These images are an invitation for our imagination to investigate what is within these representations of the Divine Presence in Life. All encompassing, growing from a speck and Life itself springing up in response come to mind. We hear Hope for the promised relationship of child to the Divine.