081126, Tuesday

Weight: 233.6

BP and Pulse: 117/78, 73

GMI: 7.2,  Glucose level Three day Average: 166

Finger Prick:

Reported Sleep: 6:13

Yesterday's Steps: 10,669

Journal Entry:

I'm looking forward to serving with Cathy in the Bishops Storehouse this afternoon. It's such a great way to meet and learn about our brothers and sisters who are perhaps in need themselves or are also serving others who are in need. Plus the other service Missionaries with whom we serve are great friends and examples of love and service. It's truly a great experience each week.

Come Follow Me:

Job 13: 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

"Job was rich and had seven sons and three daughters, but his property and children were all destroyed. What effect did this have on Job? Said he, speaking of the Lord, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,” and, “He also shall be my salvation.”...Job completely trusted the Lord to take care of all of the other concerns.

The way to find joy in this life is to resolve, like Job, to endure all for God and His work. By so doing we will receive the infinite, priceless joy of being with our Savior in the eternities."

President James E.Faust, Apostle 

081026, Monday

 Weight: 233.0

BP and Pulse: 116/74, 74

GMI: 7.2,  Glucose level Three day Average: 164

Finger Prick:

Reported Sleep: 4:19

Yesterday's Steps: 2,206 (Sunday)

Journal Entry:

Gratitude. There is much to learn about gratitude. It is very important.

Come Follow Me:

Job 1: 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

"…[T]he choice is ours. We can choose to limit our gratitude, based on the blessings we feel we lack. Or…We can choose to be like Job, who seemed to have everything but then lost it all. Yet Job responded by saying, “Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return…: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” 

…We can choose to be grateful, no matter what. 

This type of gratitude transcends whatever is happening around us. It surpasses disappointment, discouragement, and despair. It blooms just as beautifully in the icy landscape of winter as it does in the pleasant warmth of summer. 

When we are grateful to God in our circumstances, we can experience gentle peace in the midst of tribulation. In grief, we can still lift up our hearts in praise. In pain, we can glory in Christ’s Atonement."

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Apostle, April 2014, Grateful in any Circumstances 

080926, Sunday

Weight: 233.4

BP and Pulse: 114/72, 68

GMI: 7.1, Glucose level Three day Average: 160

Finger Prick:

Reported Sleep: 6:03

Yesterday's Steps: 7,739

Journal Entry:

I was pleased to see that my Come Follow Me lesson today emphasized having gratitude. I think I'm usually very grateful but this morning I was feeling a little down because of being tired and having a few medical issues. 

Every Friday morning I serve in the temple starting at 0500. And for some reason, I don't sleep very well on Thursday nights. This turns Friday and sometimes Saturday into days where I seem more tired and logically that shouldn't be. My temple shift is only two hours. I think I'm going to get used to this but so far it's a little bit of a problem.

So last night I took a sleeping pill and that causes me to snore. Cathy wakes me up and the result is reduced sleep. I need to just treat weekends like every other day and there's no reason I can't do that. And I truly believe I will. 

So that's my little problem and then I see a Come Follow Me lesson on gratitude and I feel better already. I'm going to solve this little problem and continue with my life which is truly blessed and wonderful.

Come Follow Me:

Gratitude

Esther 9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

"We pray always with full hearts, drawn out unto God continually for our welfare and the welfare of those around us. Sincere desires offered in a spirit of gratitude for abundant blessings and gratitude for the lessons of life instill in our hearts steadfast faith in Christ, a “brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men.”

Sister Carol F. McConkie, First Counselor Young Women's General Presidency, October 2016

080826, Saturday

Weight: 233.6

BP and Pulse: 115/73, 70

GMI: 7.2, Glucose level Three day Average: 157

Finger Prick:

Reported Sleep: 5:46

Yesterday's Steps: 4,950

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me:

Esther 7: 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.

5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

"With every step she must have wondered, “Will he hold out the royal sceptre?” “Will he condemn me to death?” “Will he drop me into poverty and oblivion?” She stood before him, young, beautiful, calm—knowing that she was totally vulnerable. She also knew that she had appealed to God for help and that there was a great moral wrong about to be committed. She had to be responsible to God who made her, no matter what the mortal consequences."

Sister Barbara B. Smith, Relief Society General President, October 1979

080726, Friday

 Weight: 233.6

BP and Pulse: 

GMI: 7.2, Glucose level Three day Average: 

Finger Prick:

Reported Sleep: 

Yesterday's Steps: 

Journal Entry:

080626, Thursday

Weight: 232.3

BP and Pulse: 129/84, 71

GMI: 7.2, Glucose level Three day Average: 159

Finger Prick:

Reported Sleep: 7:39

Yesterday's Steps: 9,820

Journal Entry:

Cathy and I are both feeling healthy and well. Yesterday we helped a recently widowed sister in our Ward by giving her rides to a couple of appointments she had that she would not have otherwise been able to attend. While riding with her we were able have a very pleasant visit with her. It doesn't seem like much but I think she appreciated our friendship and service. I was grateful that we were able to help her.

Today we are going to each do an Initiatory session in the temple then attend an Endowment session.

I'm grateful for these opportunities to serve and hope we will continue to be able to serve in future days. We both feel very blessed for these opportunities.

Come Follow Me:

Esther 4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

"Trusting in the Lord includes trusting in His timing and requires patience and endurance that outlast the storms of life."

Elder L. Todd Budge of The Seventy 

080526, Wednesday

Weight: 233.2

BP and Pulse: 115/74, 85

GMI: 7.3, Glucose level Three day Average: 161

Finger Prick:

Reported Sleep: 4:14

Yesterday's Steps: 4,216

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me:

Esther 4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

"You will probably not be called upon to put your life on the line, as did Esther, for that which you believe. You will, however, most likely find yourself in situations where great courage will be required as you stand firm for truth and righteousness."

Elder Thomas S. Monson, Apostle