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.

060426, Thursday

Weight: 232.5

BP and Pulse: 110/68, 81

GMI: 7.6, Glucose level: 199, Three day Average (June 1-4): 175

Finger Prick: 163 at 0445

Reported Sleep: 6:30

Yesterday's Steps: 9,556

Journal Entry:

My blood glucose levels are too high. Yesterday I made a point of being very careful of what I ate... No sweets, healthy lunch and dinner, but still my levels are high. I did two finger pricks this morning and both were about 30 points lower than my CGM but still too high. I might have to go on insulin if this keeps up.

Come Follow Me :

1 Samuel 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

"Eli the priest was relieved of his calling when he permitted wickedness in the house of the Lord. The Lord said, “For them that honour me I will honour.” The great priesthood power and authority with which we have been entrusted must be exercised by those authorized to do so who have proven themselves worthy to do so. Only in this manner will our acts be sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise and thus be honored by the Lord.

We honor the Lord by keeping our baptismal covenants, our sacrament covenants, our temple covenants, and by keeping the Sabbath day holy. The Lord has said, “All among them who know their hearts are honest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are willing to observe their covenants by sacrifice—yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command—they are accepted of me.”

President James E. Faust, Apostle