trees

The Moravian Daily Text New Testament reading assigned for today is Matthew 27. It is the distressing account of Judas' suicide. As Lent is long into the season now we might find this a dark time. We dwell on our sinfulness, the desperate condition of a fallen world and all of its brokenness and perhaps we lose heart. Judas made a heartbreaking decision. He chose the wrong tree. There was forgiveness ready for him at the tree on which his Saviour was crucified and yet he chose to hang on the tree of his own guilt and condemnation. Either tree would do.

On which tree do I hang my failures, my sins, my desperation? Am I still visiting trees to hang what has already been judged, condemned and sentenced on the tree upon which my Saviour died and I with Him? "When I survey the wondrous cross."