'Tis the season to be....
Jolly?
Giving?
Happy?
I pray often for people in my life to see Christ in all the details of their day--in the little things. I have been thinking recently that this is the perfect season to look for Christ in the details! The kids received the following message attached to a candy cane (one of those Christmas details, I suppose), and I wanted to share it with you here!
'Tis the season...to remember Jesus' birth, death and resurrection.
The Candy Cane Story
"A candy maker wanted to make a candy that would be a witness for his Savior, 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. The white symbolizes the Virgin Birth (Is. 7:14; Luke 1:26-35) and the sinless nature of Jesus (1 John 3:5). The hardness of the candy symbolizes the Solid Rock (1 Cor. 10:4), the foundation of the Church (Mt. 16:18), and the firmness of the promises of God (Ps. 18:30-32). The candy maker made the candy into the form of a "J" to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior (John 3:16-17), and a symbol to represent the staff of the Good Shepherd (John 10:14). The candy maker decided to stain it with red stripes, representing the stripes Jesus received prior to His crucifixion (Mark 15:15-20) for our healing (Is. 53:5). The large red stripe represents the shedding of His blood on the cross for our salvation (Rom. 5:9; Eph. 1:7)."
from SCRIPTURE CANDY, Inc. (www.scripturecandy.com)