We are what we eat or what get feed to us...

There was a kid at work today who has been diagnosed with all the letters after his name that you can imagine and has a list of ADHD etc medication to follow. The debate about that I won't even enter but I realized something. Without judging, as much as I could maintain an open mind, I assessed this kids development and growth up to his now young age of 10 or so. His mum was stressed, had a screaming 3 yr old and seemed ready to explode. I asked the optom on how the test had gone and he told me a sad story. In the middle of the test he had asked the kid just to get his mind off the bright lights in his eyes, what he had had for breakfast. His response... Potato gems and a spring roll.

Now I feed my kid crap all the time, and my kid screams ever now and again as well. Thats not really my point, but this kids lifestyle and growing up must have contributed to his behavior now. Crap in = crap out

It caused me to look at my life and growth up to my now old 27 years... What bad habits have I learned... What has contributed to my attitudes, belief and lifestyle choices which I didn't even realize where changing me. What boxes and labels have I pinned to my chest in the vain hope of giving me excuse or easy fix. When God took the reins did I really let him wipe the slate clean and wash me whiter than snow or did I just tackle the stuff I thought was important...

So today wasn't so much a day for answers but one of self assessment and reflection. I need to clear the way for God to do what he wants with everything that is me, including the stuff that influenced who I have become. He promises to make me a new man, not a reshelled, relabeled old one.

Thanks
Tim