Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

My use of MMM is very similar to my post on WWW except rather than tales from the bible it is tales from your life. Just as having a proper understanding about biblical characters, places and events will help you understand mankind, the MMM will help you unravel the mysteries of your own life.

Perhaps the most profound revelation about my early life came from my older sister. As I began to relate to her my early life and struggles she stopped me and said this; “It wasn’t that way at all!”

How many of you grew up in a household where Godly principles and worship were a part of your daily life? I was not and I dare say that many in my generation did not. The few that did stood out and as a child I had no idea what normal should be. My perception of the reality of my life was left to my imagination and raw emotions without any insight from my parents. Instruction of any kind was very limited. I learned what was wrong from doing wrong and being punished. Which taught me I was a bad child.

It comes down to this, my parents cannot give what they do not have. As I grew up there was a sense of what my parents had to live thru as children of the depression era. I did not hear it from them but thru books and documentaries. Those were flawed because they left out the personal touch of my parent’s experiences and how it affected them.

How much of the life and times of my parents are reflected in how I was raised? My perceptions are flawed so I cannot rely on them. At some point in my life I had to let go of perceptions and find out what in me was tainted by the lies of perception.

Psalm 6:2-6 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Can you relate to the raw emotions of these verses? I can and I suspect I am not alone in this. We do not turn to our Savior because all is right with our souls. We turn to Christ for our own personal reasons but the need for comforting is the same.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

While this is true the reality by experience isn’t immediate. If you fall into a cesspool being rescued is one of the joys of being saved and washed. You don’t emerge thinking about anything except the relief of that situation. What that means is apparently obvious to the situation, change happens but only the relief in rescue is on your mind.

You are a new creature, but you are still a creature. You’re a creature of habit. What is going to change your habits? A conscious decision has to be made to drop bad habits. The ability to recognize bad habits isn’t instinctual. Some are obvious, others are not.

Becoming the new creature takes a bit of discipline on your part. Hence the term disciple. You have to learn a new way of thinking.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

To prove this, one must do it.