"Young Man"

"Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women." (S.O.S. 2:2 NLT)

  Just in case you thought it was a riddle, the riddle is like a key; it is the lock that it fits into that opens the door; and there are many doors to be opened. This door, whether it be secular or spiritual, it is the key to love; the kind of love that makes the one that is being loved special! Of all the women in the valley, this little darling stands out, as a lily among thistles!
  We can try hard to find another answer to the age old question, Why does God love me; and you will not find a greater answer then the one that is right before us today: Because you are special! Does that mean to say that God has favorites? No, I don't believe that is the case. God's children are all special and uniquely different; there are no two alike because that is how He made us to be, each and every one of us have something that is uniquely our own; and it is that which God sees above all else.
  There is really no difference between that and the love of parents towards multiple children; they love all their children all the same, but there are certain things that their children have within their character that set them apart from the others. Besides, this kind of love requires us to realize that God knows us, not that He just knows about us, or that He sees us as one of His children; this kind of love lets us know that He knows what sets us apart from everyone else!
  Whether the thought of that helps you or not, I guess is between you and God; but if you are looking for the reason why He loves you specifically, you have got to realize that you have a special place in His heart. And, if you doubt that is even possible, you need to know: our God has an amazingly big heart! He sees us as we will be, not as we see ourselves; that in itself should give us better understanding of His love; as He looks past this sinful life of ours, because our sins have been covered completely by the blood of His Son; we have been made white as snow; or in the case of the verse above: as white as a lily, among dark and thorny thistles...

"What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As he saith in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not my beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God." (Romans 9:22-26)