FROM GLOOM TO GLORY: WE WERE MEANT TO PERSEVERE

"This accessible book of poems is a great read for anyone struggling with depression or feelings of despair. It offers powerful encouragement and hope through God’s truth and is written by a guy who understands the struggle first hand. Reading this is like having a good friend speak hope and truth into your life when you’re too spent to muster the strength on your own. Reviving to the soul".

- Jessie Mattis, Author of Power Up 

"This collection of free verses contains so many keys to restoration and hope. The author has experienced deep depression and misery. He understands what so many people cope with daily. He offers Christ as the true beacon of life. He offers encouragement for dealing with daily discouragements, promising that God's desire is to restore the lost.

Especially rich is the poem called "A Better Me," because God used the rough patches in his life to turn him around. If you struggle with depression and bad life choices, these short pieces will be a blessing. If you know someone who's lost, poet Michael Lee Womack offers so much support and the "God of the Turnaround." Highly recommended".

- Joy Neal Kidney, Author of Leora's Letters: The Story of Love and Loss for an Iowa Family During World War II and Leora's Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression 

"The poems in this book took me beyond my surface level knowledge of what a soldier goes through and opened my eyes to the grim realities, sacrifice, and hope involved in the high calling of a soldier. At times these poems were reminiscent of the Psalms--raw and despairing, but wrapped in hope. Definitely recommend this quick, eye-opening read to anyone craving a deeper view inside the mind of a soldier!".

- Jessie Mattis, Author of Power Up"  

"Trauma happens in moments (strung together) and yet lives on in wounds, in scars, and in memories. We go through the motions of daily life while our minds are fighting trauma's aftermath. In this book Michael has painted a portrait of the war he fights every day. I live with CPTSD and its lingering damage from chronic childhood abuse.. and I connected with something in every poem in this book. His descriptions of what soldiers endure is raw and often hard to read, but so powerful and insightful. Michael's poems are well crafted, heartfelt, and painful. He shares the atrocities of war in a unique way while interlacing hope throughout the pages".

- Enola Ton, Author of The Pain of Reality and the Reality of Pain"