The Legend of the Candy Cane


Look at the Candy Cane
What do you see?
Stripes that are red
Like the blood shed for me
White is for my Savior
Who's sinless and pure!
"J" is for Jesus, My Lord, that's for sure!
Turn it around
And a staff you will see
Jesus my shepherd
Was born for Me!


Many years ago, a candy maker
wanted to make a candy at Christmas time
that would serve as a witness to his
Christian faith. He wanted to incorporate
several symbols for the birth, ministry
and death of Jesus. He began with a stick
of pure white hard candy; white to
symbolize the Virgin Birth and the
sinless nature of Jesus; hard to
symbolize the solid rock, the foundation
of the Church; firmness to represent the
promise of God. The candymaker made the
candy in the form of a "J" to represent
the name of Jesus, who came to earth as
our Savior. He thought it could also
represent the staff of the Good Shepherd,
with which he reached 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 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
true meaning is still there for those who
have eyes to see and ears to hear.
Author Unknown




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