Sunday, December 9, 2007
5:38 AM
The candy cane story
hey there. yesterday, i worked for this charity thingy like i said right? yeah i met a couple of nice people, one of them is andy. he is 17 and he applied for PAE too. yishun innova and serangoon. and in between, nearing to the end of it, there came two ladies. they asked if we could spare a moment and they distributed candy canes to us. and they told us of the candy cane story.i didnt mind even though im not a jesus follower. i just sat there and listened. kinda meaningful actually. i'll like to share it with everyone, wanna hear about it? (:
hmm here goes.
"the christmas candy cane" was invented by a candy maker in indianan who wanted to make a candy that would be a witness for his savior and speak the meaning of christmas? what do the colours represent?
white: he began with a pure white candy to symbolize the virgin birth and the sinless nature of jesus. he is god's gift from heaven to our world.
why is it hard?
the fact that its made of hard candy means something too. this symbolize the firmness if the promises god makes to all humankind and that he is as solid as a rock for us to build our lives on.
Shape? the candy is in the form of a "J" for the name of jesus whose birthday the christians celebrate at christmas. it is also shaped like a staff, carried by the shepherds who visited jesus that first christmas night as well as a symbol to represent of the staf of the good shepherd.
why is it striped? try to think of why it is as i go along okays? if you look closely at the candy cane, you'll notice a large red stripe and three smaller stripes. the three thin stripes represent the wounds jesus received on his back when he was whipped repeatedly by the soldiers. he was bruised so that all who believed in him would be made well and complete... the large red stripe is a reminder of the blood jesus shed when crucified. He bled, died and rose from the dead so that anyone who trusts in him will have his sins forgiven and after dying, rises up to live with Him forever...
good and sweet?
the candy is good sweet and is loved by all. that too is part of the story. you see, jesus is good and sweet and longs to be loved by all too.
lasting? the candy lasts a long time, but not like jesus who is forever, one day, those who believe in him will go to live with him forever.
so the next time you pop a candy cane into your mouth and crunch it up into tiny bits, think of this story okays? though i may be a Buddhist but i do respect all the beliefs of the others. besides, i love candy canes too(:
gotta run. another day of work tomorrow. hopefully it wont be with the previous leader. she freaked me out. ugh.