Summoned By An Angel?

My mom is at home recovering from surgery. I visited her this morning and she seemed to be feeling a little better. My aunt who lives in another state called me this evening. She said she kept getting a busy signal when she tried to call my mom. The same thing happened when I tried to call. My mom has call waiting so there shouldn't have been a busy signal. I went over to my mom's house and told her my aunt had been trying to call her. My step father told me my mom wanted me to make her a bowl of oatmeal. Mom told me just how she liked her oatmeal and I cooked it for her. When I brought it to her, she said "I've never wanted a bowl of oatmeal and not felt like going into the kitchen and making it. I was wanting some oatmeal so bad and then you were at the door." Mom called my aunt (her sister) while I was cooking the oatmeal. My aunt also called her back without any problem this time. When I got home I called Mom and she answered the phone and said her oatmeal was "so good".

I'm wondering if angels could have temporarily have interfered with the phone line, so I'd go check on my mom, and be there to fix some oatmeal for her.

August Scripture Memory

I'm behind on Scripture memory. I made this Scripture acrostic tonight. I've been really having a struggle resisting eating sweets. I know how much Scripture helps me to have victory. Most of these are Scriptures I've memorized before. Quoting a lot of Scripture in the face of persistent temptations is so powerful. It really helps me to get on a higher spiritual plane. I definitely want to put this into practice more often. I like the title of this acrostic because it reminds me that I need to make God first place in my life and live a life that glorifies Him.

GOD FIRST

God
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (KJV)
link to New International Version

O
Psalms 34:8-9 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. (KJV)
link to New Living Translation

Delight
Psalms 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. (KJV)
link to New International Version

Faith
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (KJV)
link to English Standard Version

In the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.(KJV)
link to English Standard Version

Right
Proverbs 8:6-9 Hear; for I (wisdom) will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.(KJV)
link to New International Version

Selfish
Proverbs 18:1 He that separateth himself seeketh his pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom. (Darby)
link to King James Version

The battle
Ephesians 6:10-12 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.(KJV)

link to New American Bible Version

Birthday

Yesterday was my youngest sister Jill's birthday. Jill, Mom and I went out to eat at Sake Sushi. They have great food. I got Jill a really nice journal for her birthday. I'm glad she said she likes to journal. After we went out to eat, we went to a bad part of town trying find some metal stairs, which Jill said someone told her they had seen, and that weren't in use. We found the location but the stairs weren't there. Then we went to Jill's house to see some home renovation projects that are in progress.

I just brought home some great books from the library and also bought produce at a great sale. I eat a lot of fruit in the summer. To me summer fruit is extra good. I don't usually buy that much of it at a time because you can't always be sure that you are getting good peaches etc. So when I bring home fruit it doesn't take long for it to disappear. I got some green grapes and pluots (a cross between a plum and an apricot) for $1.00/lb. today.

I've been feeling like I could be getting sick for the past few days but I think I'm just about over it, which I'm thankful for.

Unusual Sleeping Hours

This is my fiftieth Discipled Pilgrimage blog post. I'm glad August is here. After all the rain last week, we've been enjoying some sunny days--only a month or so of summery weather left. It's very hot but not as it was during the June heat wave. I'm hoping to go swimming this week. It would be great if I could swim four or five days a week.

Lately I haven't had very much to blog about because in April my doctor added a new medication which has had me sleeping roughly from 1am to 4pm. What kind of hours are these? It reminds me of when I worked the night shift as a hospital nurse. The deal is that my doctor needed to change one of my medications, and it was necessary for me to be on the new medication for a few months, before stopping the old medication. Now I'm tapering off the old medication and will be completely off of it by September. I'm so excited about this! I told someone the other day that if I had a million dollars and could buy normal sleeping and waking hours with it, it would be worth it to me.