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.