Why do cracks appear in tree trunks?
The more perpendicular a branch is to the tree trunk the better its strength is and won't be torn in a storm.
Wind storms can pull a tree apart as the branches are buffeted.
If there is a warm period that causes the tree to move fluid up the xylem then it freezes again this might rupture the outer bark by the expanding of the fluid when it freezes.
If the tree grows quicker than the bark can keep up, this might cause the cracking.
If the heart wood of the tree is not exposed then the tree will remain healthy. If the heart wood is exposed, wood decaying organism will get in there and create more problems.
Heart wood is the inner part of the tree that is darker.
I don't know if any of these reasons are what is happening here, but I am glad to have found this tree.
Just as bark protects the tree our relationship with Christ protects us. There may be problems we face but if our heart remains with Jesus we remain all right.
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