2002 Advent Celebrated at NazNet

— NazNet Celebrates 2002 Advent Season —

For each of us, Advent and Christmas means different things. And for some of us, the meaning changes from year to year. Thus, our preparations reflect those changes. Some years we may go all out and have elegant displays during the celebrative season. Other years, we may be rather subdued and desire for things to be nice and quiet. One could perhaps look at our Traditional Christmas Carols and notice how the varied expressions are sung. We have Joy to the World - then we have Silent Night.

This year the NazNet Advent Celebration is more quiet and subdued but with the same heart to worship and acknowledge the Infant King Who grew up to be the Saviour of the World.

The season is a time to prepare our hearts for Christmas Day. We use many traditional items that have legends of spiritual meaning. Like the Evergreens represent the eternal life that Jesus desires to give to all of us. The Lights symbolize how Christ shines in the darkest of nights to give us guidance. The Decorations give us a visual history of our lives. Longingly, He desires to also be a part of that visual history. The Advent Wreath reminds us of God's, Eternal Love.

The Legend of the Candy Cane has been chosen to be the theme for the 2002 Advent Celebration. It has been rewritten so as not to break copyright laws. May you have the most blessed Christmas ever.

— The Legend of the Candy Cane —
A candy maker in Indiana had a best Friend that he wanted to tell the whole world about - - and desired to create a candy that would tell the story of his Friend, thus, the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of his best Friend. The Friend is fondly called many names but the most common is Jesus Christ.

The candy maker began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock,one of His many names. Also, to remind us of the faithfulness of the promises of His Heavenly Father, God.

The candy maker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent one of the names that the Friend is known as - Jesus. Jesus desires to reach into our lives as a Guide, Protector and Friend - to and for us. Thus, the design also represents the staff of a Shepherd, another name that the Friend is sometimes affectionately called.

Looking at the candy - the candy maker, thinking that it was plain, stained it with red stripes. He created small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received by which we are healed. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Jesus on the cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life.

May we nibble on a candy cane this year - and remember.

You are invited to click a sprig of holly to read a devotional thought written by a NazNet participant.

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