A Candy Maker’s Witness
A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so
he made that became the Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for
the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ. He began with a stick of pure
white 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 the
firmness of the promises of God. The candy maker made the candy in the
shape of a “J” to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as
our Savior. It also represents the staff of the “Good Shepherd”, with which he
reaches down to the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all
sheep have gone astray. Thinking that the candy was plain, the candy maker
colored it with red stripes. He used three small stripes to show the stripes of the
scourging 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 the candy cane, a mean less
decoration seen at Christmas time. But the true 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 bear witness to the wonder of Jesus and His great love that came down
from Glory, and remains the ultimate and dominate force in the universe today.
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