No matter what our age, no matter what our past, we must make some good new days to replace the good old days. The future is always good when we have Christ in our hearts. When Dr. Jack McKinney was pastor of First Baptist Church of Bethesda, Maryland, he preached a sermon on this passage in which he paraphrased Paul's words. He saw a parallel in his own life and used contemporary terminology in a way that makes this passage live for us. I was born in the church.
Cradle roll from day one.
I memorized the Ten Commandments when I was six. I memorized the Beatitudes when I was seven. I memorized the Sermon on the Mount when I was ten. I not only knew the rules at an early age, I kept them. No drinking, no chewing, no dancing.