THE CANDY CANE

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The Candy Cane

Look at the Candy Cane
Tell us what you see.
Stripes that are red
Like the blood He shed for me.

White is for my Savior
Who's sinless and pure!
"J" is for Jesus, my Lord,
God in flesh, be assured!

Turn that "J" around,
A shepherd's staff's in view.
Jesus, our Good Shepherd,
Was born for me and you!




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 candy maker 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 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 a meaningless decoration for most, but the true meaning is still there for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, to you and those to whom you pass this story. Let us use it to
get the attention again of those who saw the movie "The Passion of the Christ" who can never fully forget the blows of the whip Jesus took on our account.

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