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JESUS IS THE REASON FOR
THE SEASON
JESUS
A Candymaker's
Witness
A candymaker 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 candymaker
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 lift
out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep,
have gone astray..... Thinking that the
candy
was somewhat plain, the candymaker stained it
with red stripes. He used three small
stripes
to show the stripes of the scrouging Jesus
recieved 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
dominate force in the universe
today.
Gift of Love!
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