The Giver?

Talking of His gifts, I am reminded about his ostensible magnanimity. He gifts quite sparingly most of which are only token gifts. They are like advertisements for 50% off sales with a tiny asterisk relieving it of all its practical utility. When His gifts are not token - these are even rarer, by the way - they have an excruciatingly small shelf life. You haven't even held it in your hand, admired it, felt the pleasure of possessing it and poof! - it's gone!
I wonder if that is because we don't deserve it. We haven't yet learnt to accept them gracefully. We are not grateful enough. See? We don't deserve it.
Then why give at all? Why raise hopes? Why leave us all worse off than when we didn't have it at all? Only so that we learn we don't deserve it?
Funny, isn't it? His ways... as mysterious as they are cunning.


Music of the Moment (?): my tea's gone cold i'm wondering why i got out of bed at all...