Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to give everyone a shout of Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 2010 has flashed by. I pray 2011 is a blessed year for everyone. I will be updating my blog on a weekly basis starting the first of the year. I have so much to share. By summer I hope to have a rough draft of my first novel done! Let's just say the scale of this book is HUGE! We are talking Lord of the Rings huge. It's a series of four books and the first one will set the tone for the saga. I'm so excited!

As 2010 passes by, reflect on what the year has meant to you and focus on what you want 2011 to be for you. Whatever it is, I pray God gives you the desires of your heart and more importantly, the desire to draw closer to him. I believe that's everyone's prayer.

Keep dreaming

~ Wes

Praising is powerful

Praising is an element of worship. We do it to bless the Lord. We do it to honor him and show how much we love him. Did you know it's also a weapon ? You know I never thought it that way until recently. Wednesday was a tough day. A lot things going through my mind. My blood pressure was going up, I couldn't stay still. What in the world is going on? Of course, Satan loves to stir the pot in you're life. Then I remembered a good friend of mine telling me about how praising God gives you peace in the midst of a storm. So I ran through some songs and some verses in my mind. What a blessing. God comes through always. It's so easy to praise him when we are on a "spiritual high" but what about when are going through some battles? It's tough but praising God through the highs and lows of this life blesses him and gives you joy and peace. Psalms 42: 5, Daivd gives us an example of and a little taste of what he went through when he was battling with warfare: " Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my savior and my God." His is our Shepard.