As Marc Broussard says, "You better be ready, to Rocksteady!"

Hey everyone. I've been contemplating starting my own blog for a while now and finally decided to take the plunge. So let me explain the title a little bit..."Keeping the Beat...Rocksteady." Two things: 1) I'm a drummer and keeping the beat is critical to holding a group together! You have to be Rock solid/steady! 2) Along with holding a solid beat in music, our heartbeat in life should be for the Lord! We need to be RockSteady in our faith! Proverbs 7 ^1-5 says, "Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions. Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it! Write it out on the back of your hands; etch it on the chambers of your heart." (The Message)

Something about the thought of sharing my thoughts on music, Worship, the Word, Prayer, and Real Life excites me. I always love hearing what God is doing in other people's lives and seeing Him move in huge ways through music and Worship!

Being a musician (some wouldn't consider a drummer a musician...boo) and songwriter, it's my passion to lead people in the presence of the Living God with music! Music is such a powerful tool and speaks to us no matter where we are in life or what we're doing at that moment. I'm going to be sharing the things I learn through worship and writing, along with my thoughts on production, creativity, and drum gear (since I'm a drummer and all!)!

Over the last 2 months, through personal trials and tough times, I have found my passion for the Word of God has grown immensely! It's amazing how God speaks to us the most in our weakest moments! God uses His words through the Bible to speak to us....we just have to have a willing heart, open mind, and a humble spirit!

Finally...far too often we go through each day, week, month...without talking about Real Life. Every once in a while we need to slow down from our busy, non-stop lives and take a deep breath and breathe in the presence of God! 'Life' happens everyday and is full of the good and bad and everything in-between. The first place we turn by default is to our friends and family..which isn't always bad. After scripture tells us as the body of Christ we are to come alongside each other. But in that, we can't forget to go to the Lord in prayer. There is NO substitute for prayer! So we'll have fun topics about things that we all can relate to! :)

I'm going to do my best to update/post at least once a week. Hopefully it will be more often. With that said, I look forward to walking and growing with you all on this journey and sharing the things I learn along the way! Feel free to comment on anything posted as I want this to be a community we can all share ideas, thoughts, and help each other grow UNITED as one body!

Blessings,

Ben