Intro
Some needs are easy to spot—a hand outstretched at a corner, a face weeping in public. Others ride quietly under the surface: worry that doesn’t show, loneliness with a practiced smile, a “load” carried where no one can see. This week I kept thinking about both kinds—the visible and the hidden—and how the Lord is the One who sees them all. The photo below is the obvious kind. But I’m learning to look for the quiet kind too, including in my own life. “No one makes it all alone… we all rely on help from Home.”
That’s You and That’s Me — Seminary album Free to Choose (1987)
Some reach out with their hands,
Some reach out with their eyes,
And most try hard not to let it show,
But it’s a thin disguise.
Some needs can be hidden;
Some are plain to see.
No one makes it all alone—
We all rely on help from Home
To get us back to where we want to be.
And that’s you and that’s me,
Living off His goodness
And learning how to be.
And that’s you and that’s me;
I want to be ever you—like He’s ever you and me.
Sometimes I can’t hide it;
Sometimes I just want to cry:
“I need someone to share my load,”
When no one’s on my side.
That’s when I remember:
You have days like these.
No one makes it alone—
We all rely on help from Home
To get us back to where we want to be.
And that’s you and that’s me,
Living off His goodness
And learning how to be.
That’s you and that’s me—
I want to be ever you, like He’s ever you and me;
And He gives so freely and shows us how to care.
And that’s you and that’s me,
Living off His goodness
And learning how to be.
Final reflection
The song names what discipleship looks like in real time: noticing. Some needs are loud; some are quiet. Christ meets both, and He invites us to do the same—“living of His goodness and learning how to be.” Sometimes that means coins in a palm. Sometimes it’s a steady text, a prayer in someone’s name, a ride, a listening ear, or a temple visit offered for a friend. And when the load is ours, we remember we also “rely on help from Home.” Seen or unseen, He sees—and He sends us to see.
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