053126, Sunday

Weight: 232.8

     BP and Pulse: 125/77, 76

     GMI: 7.3, Glucose level: 182, Three day Average (May 27-30): 187

     Reported Sleep: 5:023

     Yesterday's Steps: 5,931

Journal Entry:

I need to drastically improve how I'm eating. My diabetes is getting out of hand. Part of it is my CGM is reading 20-30 points higher than finger pricks and is therefore not as accurate as it should be. I am going to replace the CGM tomorrow and see if that helps, but I do need to eat better as well.

Come Follow Me 

Judges 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

"Heavenly Father does not want us to look to the world and follow its ever-changing trends. He wants us to look to Him and follow His unchanging guidance. He wants us to live the gospel and lead others to it by setting the standard high.

The scriptures provide many great examples to illustrate this idea. In the book of Judges in the Old Testament, we learn about Samson. Samson was born with great potential. His mother was promised, “He shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” But as Samson grew, he looked more to the world’s temptations than to God’s direction. He made choices because they “pleaseth [him] well” rather than because those choices were right. Repeatedly, the scriptures use the phrase “and he went down” as they tell of Samson’s journeys, actions, and choices. Instead of arising and shining forth to fulfill his great potential, Samson was overcome by the world, lost his God-given power, and died a tragic, early death."

Sister Ann M. Dibb, Second Counselor, Young Women General Presidency, April 2012

I watched a wonderful and inspirational talk given by Elder Paul V. Johnson, a Seventy, at a BYU Devotional on March 23rd, 2023, entitled Beautiful Babies Blessing the World. If you can, you should find it and read or view it.