061126, Thursday

Weight: 229.4

BP and Pulse: 117/78, 74

GMI: 7.2, Current Glucose level: 136, Three day Average: 159

Finger Prick: 

Reported Sleep: 7:13 (88)

Yesterday's Steps: 2,871

Journal Entry:

My glucose levels are gradually coming down. It might be a result of the cinnamon capsules I've been taking our just that I'm eating a better diet. Either way, I'm going to continue with both.

We are both scheduled for Initiatories this afternoon. Looking forward to that.

I'm scheduled to get my Lazy Boy recliner repaired today. A tech is coming here to install the new parts that I ordered and received. It will be nice to have that done. The chair is leaning slightly left and making a lot of noise when I move in it so it will be nice to have it fixed.

Come Follow Me 

1Samuel 15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

"Saul, swollen with selfishness, was reminded about an earlier time “when thou wast little in thine own sight.”  

Selfishness is often expressed in stubbornness of mind. Having a “mind hardened in pride” often afflicts the brightest who could also be the best. “One thing” the brightest often lack: meekness! Instead of having “a willing mind” which seeks to emulate the “mind of Christ,” a “mind hardened in pride” is impervious to counsel and often seeks ascendancy. Jesus, who was and is “more intelligent than they all,” is also more meek than they all."

Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Apostle 

061026, Wednesday

Weight: 230.8

BP and Pulse: 110/65, 75

GMI: 7.2, Current Glucose level: 148, Three day Average: 160

Finger Prick: 

Reported Sleep: 6:52

Yesterday's Steps: 4,909

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

1 Samuel 10: 9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

"Of course, we all have some habits or flaws or personal history that could keep us from complete spiritual immersion in this work. But God is our Father and is exceptionally good at forgiving and forgetting sins we have forsaken, perhaps because we give Him so much practice in doing so. In any case, there is divine help for every one of us at any hour we feel to make a change in our behavior. God gave Saul “another heart.” Ezekiel called on all of ancient Israel to cast off her past and “make … a new heart and a new spirit.”] Clearly the possibility of change and living at a more elevated level has always been one of the gifts of God to those who seek it."

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Apostle 

060926, Tuesday

Weight: 231.4

BP and Pulse: 111/76, 66

GMI: 7.3, Current Glucose level: 141, Three day Average: 160

Finger Prick: 

Reported Sleep: 5:25

Yesterday's Steps: 9,744

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

1 Samuel 9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.

"Jesus also taught an important truth about the servants He sends to us. “He that receiveth you,” He said, “receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”

The most important role of the Lord’s prophet is to teach us of the Savior and lead us to Him.

Elder Neil L. Andersen, Apostle 

060826, Monday

Weight: 231.4

BP and Pulse: 112/70, 81

GMI: 7.4, Current Glucose level: 130, Three day Average: 163

Finger Prick: 

Reported Sleep: 5:50

Yesterday's Steps: 7,675

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

1 Samuel 8:7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

"In the book of First Samuel, we have an instructive example of the results of making wrong decisions. In the first chapter we are told that Israel objected to being governed by judges. They wanted a king. The prophet told them that a king would make them servants. But they hearkened not, and persisted in demanding a king. This grieved Samuel, and the Lord said to him, “Hearken unto the voice of the people…for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me.”  

Israel thus surrendered the form of free government God had given them. They got their king all right, and a few decades later they were taken captive into slavery. Slavery entered into by one’s own choice is no less slavery than that imposed upon him by external force."

President Marion G. Romney, Apostle 

060726, Sunday

Weight: 230.8

BP and Pulse: 105/71, 73

GMI: 7.4, Current Glucose level: 130, Three day Average (June 4-7), 167

Finger Prick: 

Reported Sleep: 5:34

Yesterday's Steps: 4,930

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

1 Samuel 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

"Eli served as the high priest in Israel during the childhood of Samuel the prophet. The scriptures explain that the Lord rebuked him severely “because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.” Eli’s sons never did repent, and all of Israel suffered because of their folly. The story of Eli teaches us that parents who love their children cannot afford to be intimidated by them."

Elder Larry R. Lawrence of The Seventy, October 2010

060626, Saturday

Weight: 231.4

BP and Pulse: 109/71, 72

GMI: 7.5, Current Glucose level: 175,  Three day Average (June 3-6), 167

Finger Prick: 186

Reported Sleep: 7:17

Yesterday's Steps: 6,623

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

1 Samuel 3:10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

"You need to keep your minds clean so you can recognize and respond to the quiet whisperings of the Spirit. Select with care the information you allow to enter your mind. Avoid the cluttered clamor of the world. Television, movies, and especially the Internet can provide an open window through which you can peer into the far reaches of the world. They can bring to you information that is uplifting, good, and inspiring. But if used improperly, these media technologies can fill your mind with such unwholesome thoughts that you will be unable to hear the gentle prompting of the Spirit. Live each day so that you are able to be in tune with the Spirit like the boy prophet Samuel and you are able to respond to the Lord and say, “Speak [Lord]; for thy servant heareth."

Elder Harold G. Hillam of The Presidency of The Seventy 

060526, Friday

Weight: 231.2

BP and Pulse: 

GMI: 7.5, Glucose level: 157, Three day Average (June 2-5), 171

Finger Prick: 

Reported Sleep: 6:28

Yesterday's Steps: 10,588

Journal Entry:

Start a new CGM today. The last one seemed to be about 20 points higher than finger pricks.

Served in the temple today beginning at 0500. I served brief stints in Initiatories and Name Issue.