I am sending him--who is my very heart--back to you. I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel. Philemon 12-13 NIV
I used to have a boss that, when you did something he perceived as wrong, would call you in, have you to stick your hand in a bucket of water, and then tell you to take it out. He would then ask you if you could tell a real difference in the level of the water. The point was that everyone is replaceable. (I seemed to get that lesson a lot!)
My boss was right. We are replaceable...at least in the world's eyes. But, in God's Kingdom, everyone has a place. No one is replaceable.
No one can fill the place of any Christian. If a Christian doesn't do his or her work, God's plan will not change, but He will have to use take different route than the one He planned which included that Christian.
You are unique. One thing you can know for sure: No one can be you quite like you can be. When our boys were little we would sing a little song something like this:
"Nathaniel/Jeremy you are special. There is no one just like you. God has made you special. There is no one quite like you."
Often they would grin and ask us to sing it again. Who knows? I may sing it to them the day they graduate from high school!
The point is that God planned you special...and He didn't make any mistakes. He made you just the way He wanted you. And, at the same time God was planning who you would be, He was planning what you would be, and how He was going to get you there.
So, the next time you are feeling sorry for yourself, thinking you don't belong, that no one needs or wants you, remember that God does. He has something special planned....JUST FOR YOU!
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I may not see in front of me, But I can see for miles around when I look over my shoulder, and Lord, it`s clear. You`ve brought me here, So faithful every step of the way. What can I do but follow you, For You are the Way, the Truth, the Life, And You`ve promised never to leave me, My Savior, my friend, From beginning to end. 
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