The Legend of The Candy Cane

A humble candy maker in
Indiana wanted to make a candy that
would be a special gift for the

King of Kings,
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

to symbolize the Virgin Birth and sinless nature of Christ,
and hard because the church is built on solid rock,

and firmness, for God’s promises are a firm foundation.

 He formed it in the shape of the letter -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.

Then he added three small red stripes

to represent the scourging Jesus suffered

on His way to the cross.

One large red stripe would remind those

with eyes to see and ears to hear

of the promise of eternal life.

It would be a gift
of love that
would tell His story
-the greatest story ever told.