Dromen over planten: Groei die niet kan worden gehaast

Plants are the Bible’s favourite way of talking about people, and the reason is that a plant cannot be hurried. The tree by the water The Psalms open with one, and it sets the terms for everything after. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. (Psalm 1:3) Jeremiah adds the part that makes it honest: the heat still comes and the drought still arrives,…