In the last month or so, I praise God for granting me an extremely strong desire to get to know Him even better. Last night I took a close look at Matthew 6:19-34, where Christ is talking about laying our treasures up in heaven. At the same time, I listened to a sermon from Paul Washer entitled "How Much Has it Cost You". Brother Paul made three distinct comments that stuck out to me very much so. 1. Wealth never prospered Christianity. 2. Materialism never leads to Godliness. 3. Things are only obstacles that get in the way of an eternal perspective. These three points alone floored me! As a producer I tend to get caught up in monetary gain from time to time. How many times have I thought that maybe having certain material things would help me achieve a closer relationship to the LORD?!!! And how many things have I obtained that are blocking an even closer relationship with the Lord?!!! After listening to this message I immediately changed my cable T.V., deleted my myspace accounts, and looked toward heaven and asked the Lord to grant me repentance for getting distracted by these worldly things that don't amount to anything! Brother Paul then asked the realest question I have heard in a long time. How much have I lost for him??? In all reality I haven't really sacrificed anything for the sake of a holy lifestyle. I love movies. But the worlds standards of what is accepted has to be way different on my side of the fence. I love The Wire on HBO. I have to give it up. Between the cussing, violence and sex, it's enough to have me asking God for forgiveness after every show dude!!!! Starting today I am going on a nice fast from everything. Food, T.V., movies, and anything that could serve as a distraction between me an God right now. I thank you LORD for opening my eyes. Your grace and mercy STILL amazes me to this day. Just when I think I'm going along real smooth, you come along and SMASH me! Thank you Lord for revelation. I will take with this me today, and I hope you as a reader do as well. Matthew 6:25 says "Therefore I tell you,do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?" LORD, I WILL NOT concern myself with the things of this world. I WILL lay up my treasure with you in heaven. Once again, thank you for revelation.

WES aka TEDDY P

It's soon to be 4 in the morning. I can't sleep at all. It's not because I'm not tired. It's because I have way too much on my mind, especially concerning my projects coming up. You ever have those nights when you just toss and turn because your mind is pre-occupied with the excitement of what you are doing at that present time??? I literally have like 7 projects going on at the same time. Trust me, I'm not complaining at all. It's a blessing and a joy to be able to work with so many artists and meet new people. It's about to get crazy in a couple weeks though when school starts. As much as I love beats, the beats will have to take a backseat to schoolwork come January 23rd. I've never been one of those dudes that tries to do 98 beats a day anyway so should be okay. My good friend DJ KriTiKul and I were talking yesterday about how Illmind the producer only makes like 2 beats a day because it allows him to make quality instead of quantity. That's the same formula I follow. I only have like 2 to 3 beats a day in me. Any more than that, and I'm just stretching a little too much yo. Just felt like rambling. Listening to "I got it 4 Free" for the 900th time, and it never gets old. Good stuff : )


WES aka TEDDY P