There is none like you...

"There is none like You

No one else can touch my heart like You do

I could search for all eternity long

And find there is none like You"

Are you familiar with these song lyrics written by Lenny LeBlanc?

I have a question for you.

What if this isn't just our song to God?

What if this is the song He sings over us?

I think any parent with more than one child, 

any grandparent with more than one grand baby,

recognizes that the saying, "I love you all the same" isn't exactly true.

While, you may love them with equal passion,

the way that they tug on your heart strings is as unique as their personalities.

My oldest granddaughter's sunshine-y personality and the way her smile lights up a room,

my oldest grandson's, (aka Mr. Funny), sense of humor,

the way my youngest grandson studies a person's eyes before bursting into a big grin,

the way my six year old granddaughter is full of adventurous curiosity,

the way my youngest granddaughter is a pink loving girlie girl,

each one captures my heart as only that one can do.

From the beginning of creation until now and into eternity, 

there is only one you.

You are purposefully and uniquely designed by your Creator.

There is a reason He wanted there to be a you.

You've heard it said that there's a God shaped hole in the heart of every person that only God can fill.

What if that same God loves each one of us so much 

that there is a you shaped hole in His great heart that can be filled by you alone?

What if it's true that no other person touches His heart like you do?

What if you are His favorite?

I have five favorite grandchildren, each one is my irreplaceable favorite, 

because each one is unique and each one touches my heart in a way that the others don't.

How sad I would be if one of them wasted their days trying to be more like one of the others

in order to get me to notice or to love them more.

Yet, don't we do that?

Why do we waste our days trying to be more like others, 

when all that our Creator desires is for us to become more fully ourselves,
more like the person He designed us to be from the beginning of time?

His beautiful image is reflected in the many faceted sides of our uniqueness,

in my oldest daughter's beautiful dimples and deep wisdom,

in my second born's fierce passion and perfect bow shaped lips,

in my youngest's big brown eyes and sensitive spirit.

How sad it must be to our Creator when we try to conform ourselves 
into the likeness of someone else, 
when the only One we are to be conformed to is into the image of His Son.
Aren't we most like His Son when we are fully, wholeheartedly loving Him
 with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength?
Perhaps I can only wholly love Him with all that I am when I accept all that I am, just as I am. 
There is none like you.
There's freedom in embracing that fact.

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