It is like a

grain of mustard seed

that a man took

and sowed in his garden,

and it grew

and became a tree

and the birds of the air

made nests

     in its branches.

       Luke 13. 19

(Plant big trees

on the most ordinary days,

which are never

   so ordinary at all.

And know that the growing

and ripening

always takes time.)

O LORD,

Grant us the courage

and vision

to plant big trees

for all those

around us

and for generations

             to come.

The seed is Your Word,

lived out in us.