The Legend of the Candy
Cane
A
candy maker in Indiana wanted to make
a
candy that would be a witness,
so
he made the Christmas Candy Cane.
He
incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and
death
of Jesus Christ.
He
began with a stick of pure white, hard candy.
White
to symbolize the Virgin Birth and
the
sinless nature of Jesus,
and
hard to symbolize the Solid Rock,
the
foundation of the Church,
and
firmness of the promises of God.
The
candy maker made the candy in the form of a "J"
to
represent the precious name of Jesus,
who
came to earth as our Savior.
It
could also represent the staff of the "Good Shepherd"
with
which he reaches down into the ditches
of
the world to life out the fallen lambs who,
like
all sheep, have gone astray.
Thinking
that the candy was somewhat plain,
the
candy maker stained it with red stripes.
He
used three small stripes to show the stripes
of
the scourging Jesus received by which we are healed.
The
large red stripe was for the blood shed by Christ
on
the cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life.
Unfortunately,
the candy became known as a Candy Cane
a
meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time.
But
the meaning is still there for those who
"have
eyes to see and ears to hear".
I
pray that this symbol will again be used to witness
To
The Wonder of Jesus and His Great Love
that
came down at Christmas and remains the ultimate and
dominant
force in the universe today.
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