Aug 4 (Day 9)

Last night while I was lying awake praying for inspiration about what I should do I had several impressions. I don't know for certain if they are spiritual impressions but I had decided to go forward as a witness to God that I am trying to follow His direction. The first one is that I should not take anything by mouth for two days. The second impression is that I should call my doctor on Monday. (This was hard for me to commit to because I have a strong aversion to calling doctors.) The final impression came to me in the form of the following scripture: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths." At first I thought, "I am trusting in you". But then I thought about how many times I keep asking for the same thing(i.e. one of those "I believe. Help thou my unbelief" times). I started trying to move the gas downward while repeating the verses from Proverbs over in my mind. After a while the end of the verse changed to "He will direct the path." I was successful in passing some gas. Today I felt the best I have felt. I took nothing by mouth. I was able to help clean the house, go with Alysa to do some grocery shopping (It was fun to be able to be a mom again) , and go on several long walks (one the farthest I have gone yet). I believe that the impression to not take anything by mouth was inspired. It may just be because I needed a good day. It was encouraging to feel normal (not nauseated).