Symbolizing: Compassion
The bleeding heart's pink, red or white heart-shaped blossoms are very suggestive – to some it is a symbol of love; instead, I describe a Biblical heart of compassion.
Selected scripture: 1 Peter 3 and John 20
Bleeding heart
As both author and photographer, I apologize for the quality of the above photo – I let down my quality standards just prior to publication. If I ever produce another edition of this book, my hope is to use the second photo instead.