Who Can This Be?

Pastor Jim Shields, Sanctuary (Concord)

I’ve been let down a lot in my life. Vacations never seem to measure up to my full expectations. I can remember waiting for Christmas morning as a little guy: We would rush to a tree that seemed to birth an endless array of gifts and tear though these like starving animals, giving no time for reflection beyond a hurried thank you while tearing paper and ribbons from the next acquisition…Then would come the yearly internal lament…is that all there is?