I’m on vacation this week so I have some extra time to read. The book I just finished is titled “Washed by Blood” and it’s by Brian “Head” Welch. He was guitarist for the group Korn and has quite a story to tell. The book chronicles his childhood and some of the issues that carried from childhood to adulthood. It also tells of his time as a meth addict and the struggles he had as he fought this addiction and tried to raise his daughter as a single dad.
Then it tells of his conversion experience and the incredible things God spoke to him as he was converting and getting off of drugs. One of the points of the book that I like most is that he tells of how he came to God while he was still ‘dirty’ with drugs. He didn’t wait until he was cleaned up and acceptable to God. God accepts us wherever we are.
One of my favorite parts of the book is on page 134 where he says that he felt closest to God in his home. He came to the realization that God doesn’t live in church; He lives inside of us and we can feel most close to Him whenever and wherever we build a personal relationship with Him. The other is similar, on page 176, where Head says he was looking all over for God then he realized that God was inside of Him because he had asked God to come inside. He didn’t need to search for God any longer.
He also tells of his baptism of the Holy Spirit and the growth he experienced as he learned to pray in his own personal prayer language. There aren’t many autobiographies that go into such detail with the Holy Spirit baptism and prayer language, so it’s nice to read about it here.
I recommend the book. Head doesn’t glorify his drug use and does glorify the change that can come about when we let Christ be the center of our lives. He also tells of his love for the guys in Korn and how much they mean to him, even today.
