Or, they can risk coming close, spending time getting to know one another, giving to each other, talking and listening to each other, experiencing the joy of pleasing the other. That's when love grows, and as love grows, so does mutual trust. They have their roots planted in a stream, just as our roots are planted in the waters of our baptism. That's where we get our life. I don't mean that life gets easy.
Life can still be hard.
As Jeremiah says, the heat will come, and the drought will come, but we don't need to worry about it. We will not be anxious, and we will not cease bearing fruit. We know that we may hunger, but we will be filled. We may weep, but we will laugh again. From the waters of our baptism the Lord stands at this altar beckoning us to come.