A candy maker 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 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 bloodshed by Christ on the cross so that we could 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."
We pray that this symbol will again be used to witness TO THE WONDER OF JESUS AND TO HIS GREAT LOVE that came down at Christmas and remains the ultimate and dominate force in the Universe today.
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This web page and counter were first put up in 1999 and have been put up every Christmas thereafter. They are always up for only about one month and then taken down. In 2000, I decided to leave them up all year long. The celebration of Jesus isn't limited to a day or even short season. The Christmas message is always the same - Put Christ back into Christmas. These pages might not get the hits that a "Santa page" gets, but its message is still there to remind us of the TRUE MEANING of Christmas. Each year, I will try to add another page or two, but I will never change the original ones.
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