The Candy Maker'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 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 in to 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 the "Candy Cane,"
a meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time.
But the meaning is still there for those
who for "have eyes to see and ears to hear".
I pray that this symbol will again be used
to witness to the Wonders of Jesus and his Great Love
that came down at Christmas
and remains the ultimate and dominant force
in the universe today.