The left hand doesn’t know What the right hand is doing. The left hand doesn’t see What the right hand is doing. It doesn’t understand What the right is doing. The left doesn’t care About what the right is doing.
Doesn’t know or see, Doesn’t understand or care. Which is it? Or is it all four? This can happen in my body – It can happen in your body – It can infect any body.
Infection requires intervention. Intervention is communication. Communicate to know, to see, And to understand. But first, the left must care What the right is doing.
I can communicate. I care, so I want to know. I see, so I want to understand. Do you see? Do you know That a part of the body is suffering? Do you listen, question, care?
Two key people in our body Have resigned their positions. We are the left hand… They are the right. A crucial part of us. Do we see, do we know? Do we understand what’s happening? Do we care?
The left hand needs to know What the right hand is doing. The right needs to know What the left is doing.
We need to see, understand, care. I heard. I care. I can commmunicate. Have you? Do you? Can you? Will you?
We are all in one body. United we stand. Fractured we fall. Communicate!
With Love, JanBeek
P.S. This was written for my Madison Valley Woman’s Club and their “left hand” – The Nearly New. It’s a terrific organization of volunteers. Right now there is a rift. I am praying there is honest communication – and healing. Pray with me, okay?
Who would have guessed When we married in 1962 That our love would last so long I prayed it would, did you?
Every autumn I stop to recall The day Bob proposed to me He was far away in Germany I joined him the next FebruaryThe fall and winter season Were busy times for me and Mother She dove knee-deep into helping Prepare for a Valentine’s like no other
Have you ever seen a cake More beautiful than this one? It was a February 11th wedding Friends, family, students all had fun
And now, every day is a day To celebrate being in love and alive We’re so grateful for family and friends Who join us and help us celebrate and thrive
Sending love your way With prayers for your days To be filled with boundless blessings. Keep in touch with the God we praise! Amen?
Its colors make me smile.The bush outside my window announces that gorgeous season.We kayaked to this lake for many a beautiful mile.Give a nod to the fall season in Switzerland for a reason.Soon those leaves will fall into a pile.
Sunday, May 3, 2026 – Sermon Notes Brian Conklin – interim pastor Madison Valley Presbyterian Church Jan’s sermon notes:
“Skipping across the lake’s surface The perfect stone seems to dance. Looking for something specific, God has chosen us as Living Stones.
Peter says we’re built on the cornerstone, The most important part of the building. Jesus Christ is our cornerstone – But He was rejected by the world.
Moses struck a stone; there were stones That allowed Christ followers to walk Across the Jordan without sinking. Stones are instruments of God’s work.
God is our steady, certain rock. Each of us is built in His image. Like rocks, if we are fitted together, We can be built into a spiritual house.
God never intended us to be a lone stone – A stone out in the field by ourselves. Faith allows us to be built into a Holy Priesthood – A place where God is encountered.
We are offerings of love, mercy, and forgiveness. Our lives make God visible on earth. Sometimes we feel like a lone stone, But we belong. We’re connected. We matter.
We’re not designed to be lone stones!
We are held together by grace. Living stones are not identical, but As unique individuals, start asking “What is God building among us?”
Where am I placed and why? Can I bear the weight of others? I am strong enough and I am fit. I’m willing to be placed and be a light in the darkness.
