Then - the tiny blushing brides! Delicate almost transparent petals and fluffy rose tinted centre.
Beauty does not come without cost and suffering. For new plants seeds need to fall into the ground, be buried and die. Protea seeds endure further trial - germination occurs after the seeds are burned by fire.
Beauty rises up from the ashes.
On the spiritual journey transformation, growth and beauty rise up from suffering.
Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as
if something strange were happening to you. Instead, be very glad—for these
trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have
the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.
1 Peter 4:12-13
There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
1 Peter 1:6-7
Suffering with Christ allows the human soul to rise up - beauty from ashes.
