What does it mean if a guy says he says he's grateful for this opportunity with me and he needed this to happen?

He has said a few times when we would talk that he's grateful for this opportunity with me and that he needed this to happen. We haven't met yet and he has never been in a real relationship before. He didn't put himself out there before.
What does it mean if a guy says he says he's grateful for this opportunity with me and he needed this to happen?
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