Feast your eyes on these beauties.

Bleeding hearts are my favorite spring flower.

“They bloom like a love letter in spring, then quietly rest.
And every year, they come back with the same soft drama.”*

“Bleeding Heart” sounds ominous, though, doesn’t it?
Less like a love letter, more like a serious condition.
Less like soft drama, more like E.R. trauma.

Despite the dire-sounding name, there are some delightful lessons here.

• Do you see those delicate blooms hanging onto the small branch? Cling to the Source of Life if you want to produce beauty.
• Do you notice how the blossoms come in clusters? Don’t go rouge and isolate. Gather with your people regularly.
• Do you know that these are the first to flower in the spring? Go ahead and flourish, even if the conditions are cold and harsh and you are the only one.
• Do you observe how the dark green leaves set off the pop of pink? Be the background support that lets others stand out.
• Do you realize this is a plant that comes back year after year? Keep showing up, day after day, month after month, year after year.

Consider the lilies, how they grow:
they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you,
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.
Luke 12:27

*Heidi from gracerosefarm.com