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\u201cYa Know, Everyone\u2019s Replaceable\u2026\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As children grow up, they watch and model what adults do. They are replacing their innocence with what they perceive as the right way to be. Are we modeling the correct replacement for them?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had a great time getting to know the kids and their parents. One day, one of the grandfathers of one of the boys came in looking a bit off. I asked, \u201cCharlie, what\u2019s up? Why so down? He looked straight ahead at his grandson and said quietly, \u201cYa know, everyone\u2019s replaceable\u2026 right?\u201d I could see something was weighing on him, but I didn\u2019t want to push it. I offered some water or tea that we had in the back. He accepted, and I brought out a bottle of tea. We sat beside each other, and he finally said, \u201cI was let go today.\u201d I was stunned. Charlie was one of the best car mechanics I\u2019d ever known. He looked over at me and said, \u201cYup. The owner came in and told me they were \u2018downsizing\u2019 and that, on paper, I was costing them too much money since I\u2019d been there 28 years. So, I had to go.\u201d He took a deep drink of the tea and said, \u201cYa know, everyone\u2019s replaceable. Those were the words the owner said as I was walking out the door with my tool bag.\u201d Charlie didn\u2019t know how to pay for his grandson to come to the daycare anymore, and I assured him it was no problem. We had scholarships available for just this sort of thing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mechanics replace car parts every day. It\u2019s what they do. But what happens when they are replaced?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just five minutes after Charlie and his grandson left, Billy came to pick up his daughter. Billy was a younger version of Charlie. He was very pleasant, affable, and usually quick with a joke. Today, he was exuberant. \u201cI got a job today!\u201d He had been out of work for about six months. \u201cI start working tomorrow at\u2026\u201d He named the dealership Charlie had just been let go from. Billy was Charlie\u2019s replacement. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fast Forward<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The following summer, I was doing my thing with the kids at summer camp. We were going on field trips, we were creating sea battles on dry land, we were fighting dragons in the creek. I got a call from one of my younger female counselors that she really needed me to come out to a local park where she had her group of kids. She sounded distraught and out of sorts, so I took my car and went out to see what was wrong. When I got to the park, the kids were having a great time on the gym equipment and playing kickball. My counselor was sitting by herself on a park bench close to the action\u2014knees drawn up with her arms wrapped tightly around them. Her face was buried between. It was apparent she\u2019d been crying.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d I asked, trying not to show that I\u2019d seen her distress. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust found out. I have cervical cancer.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The world stopped for a second. Here is a young, athletic, very sweet, early twenties young woman who is amazing with kids, and she has news dropped on her like this. I sat next to her, and we chatted for quite a while about the next steps and what she needed to do. Her mind naturally started racing to all the \u201cwhat ifs\u201d one goes through when hearing a diagnosis like that. In our discussion, we\u2019d lost track of time until I got a call from the YMCA assistant director, who was wondering where we were. I apologized and told him I\u2019d be back with the kids ASAP. I thought it best to drive the van with the kids, so I gave my car keys to the other counselor and told her to drive my car. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When we returned to the YMCA, I was immediately called into the assistant director\u2019s office. Without a pause, he said, \u201cYou\u2019re fired! You left the premises without permission and didn\u2019t return the children at the scheduled time. I\u2019m firing you for job abandonment!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the honeycomb of office activity, which worker bees will be replaced next? Remember, a business has no heart or soul. It\u2019s the humans who work there who make the place livable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was stunned. Instead of pleading my case and telling him what was going on, I turned to leave the room, regroup, and come back to explain in a few moments. That\u2019s when he said it. \u201cYa know, everyone\u2019s replaceable\u2026 right?\u201d Thoughts of Charlie and Billy flooded my mind. I was confused, hurt, angry, but mostly done. Instead of telling him what happened, I packed up my office and left the front door keys in the middle of the desk. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What Are You Worth?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The truth is, in business, the phrase \u201ceveryone\u2019s replaceable\u201d is accurate. A company is an animal that is set up to be fed. It devours time, sweat, tears, money, and lives. But it has no heart. It has no soul. Companies are not communities of give and take\u2014of care and concern. No. Of course, companies are run\u2014and peopled\u2014by humans, but companies in themselves have no sense of care or mercy. They are merely a mechanism in which a person pays money for a good or service. That\u2019s all. This is why it\u2019s essential to understand who you are. I mean internally, deep down in your soul. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2014are important. There is only one of you. You are the only person who has your experiences, your background, your outlook, and your sense of being. More importantly, you were created for a purpose. You may not know what that is, but you will eventually find it if you keep looking.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Judas\u2019s replacement of Jesus for 30 pieces of silver was probably one of the worst replacements in world history! But we make the same \u201creplacement mistake\u201d in our own lives every day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Conversely, we have a character in history like Judas Iscariot. He seemingly was a \u201ccompany man.\u201d In today\u2019s parlance might be the CFO of \u201cJesus Enterprise.\u201d He held the purse strings of the band, and he pointed out the worth and loss of the oils used to anoint Jesus\u2019s feet. When push came to shove, he sold out \u201cJesus Enterprise\u201d for 30 pieces of silver, which, I\u2019m sure he, at the time, thought was a bargain for the sinking ship that he perceived was Jesus\u2019s ministry. Judas bought into the idea that Jesus was a manager of men, a titan of industry, an earthly king to be. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When Judas finally realized that Jesus was far more than a company\u2014that He was all He said He was, and more\u2014he couldn\u2019t take it. He committed suicide. He didn\u2019t fully realize that he was a part of Jesus\u2019s community. Judas didn\u2019t understand that he was, as Jesus said in John\u2019s Gospel, \u201c\u2026in Your name that you have given Me, so that they may be one, just as We are one\u201d (John 17:12). Judas was a part of a community, not a company. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After Judas was no longer a part of the community, the job of replacing him fell to the 11 followers left. What did they do? Did they take out an ad for \u201cApostle wanted. Apply within.\u201d No. Or hire an employment agency to fill the position? No. They followed Jesus\u2019s lead. In the Acts of the Apostles, first chapter, we read of them getting together and praying, \u201cYou, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this apostolic ministry from which Judas turned away to go to his own place\u201d (Acts 1: 24-25).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The apostles knew they were a community, not a company. They knew each and every person has a calling, not a birthright job title. They knew everyone is special, not \u201ceveryone\u2019s replaceable.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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