God is not like my sister. He does not give us what we deserve. We think we deserve the best, all our hearts desire. We actually deserve wrath due to our sins. Teenagers convinced they'll be married, but decide to wait until after going to college.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder - for one whole week.
For God, distance is no problem. It becomes an image of how much he loves us. Our failures and weaknesses have a way of haunting us. He had a real knack for attracting customers. He simply rooted through trash bags collected from the local dump by two young helpers.