Brian Welch: I am Second

Brian Welch: I am Second - I want to share an amazing video about a challenging transformation that Brian Welch of Korn makes. We all are faced with challenges and our demons and sometimes doing what we know first leaves us and those we love...last.

Day One - I Am Second 22 Day Challenge

Seems I am a bit fond of challenges. But this particular one is designed to encourage us to always reach out to others first. It is an amazing and inspirational site. It goes back to what I talked about yesterday and being reminded that we are ALL challenged...daily. And some of us more than others. And often times sharing those challenges with each other helps to keep it all in perspective. The grief, the sadness, the anger, the resentment, the hopelessness. We all feel it. Its not that anyone of us is up on the other. But those feelings can make you feel so, so lonely. But as I know it..the Devil is a liar. A good one at that. and has often convinced us, me especially, that those feelings are the only ones to be had. especially if we have been feeling this way for a long time. However, sometimes all it takes is one moment for it all to change. A nights sleep, a phone call, a blog post, a scripture....

So today I am sharing a scripture that is my sword daily against all the thoughts that try to make me lay down and give up. I start with an action to believe He is talking directly to me and promised me it's all gonna be ok.

" For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Remember thinking is a verb, an action. Its not a passive thing you do. Just as it is with our bodies, so also with our spirits, we are what we eat – we are the product of our thought life. If there is to be any change in who we are, of necessity there must first be a change in how we think.