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Day Five: The Candy Cane
In the 1900s a candy maker took a sugary candy stick and added color and flavor to it which can be used to illustrate the meaning of Christmas. The hook was added to it so that it would look like a shepherd’s crook or if turned upside down it makes a ‘J’. The large red stripe represents the blood that was shed and the white represents the purity of Jesus. The candy is hard which reminds us that Jesus is our rock.
Read Psalm 34:8.
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
Read John 10:11.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Read 1 John 1:7.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Read 1 Peter 2:4-5.
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by Godand precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
When we take a first step toward following Jesus we discover that He is good and kind and we begin to see His goodness all around us.
Takeaway: Which symbol of the candy cane is your favorite?
