A sweeter cane

Each year on New Years I spend time with Mich and her family looking at Chrissy lights- this year it just happened to being pouring down, but still we did the hr walk in heavy rain to the point that my jeans became very heavy- good work out!
We were the only ones stupid enough this year to be walking- but one lady from a house came out giving us candy canes with this story-

'A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas candy cain. He incorporated several symbools for the birth, ministry and death of Jesus Christ.

He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolise the Virgin birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolise the solid rock, the foundation of the church and the firmness of the promise of God.

The candy maker made the candy in the form of 'J' to represent the precious name of Jesus who came to earth as our Saviour. It could also represent the staff of the 'Good Shepherd' with which he reaches down into the ditches 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 strips of the scouring 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 eternal life.

Unfortunately, the candy became known as Candy Cane- a meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time. But the meaning is still for those who 'have eyes to see and ears to hear'.'

Don't know how valid or true the story is but its a nice way to look at the humble candy cane!