Java ActiveMQ client fails to receive messages

for(int i = 0; i < numberOfMessages; i++){
        		try{
        			String message = generateText(sizeOfMessage);
        			produceMessage(message);
        		}
        		catch (Exception e) {
        			logger.error("Caught exception while sending message", e);
        		}
        	}

Message message = jmsTemplate.receive();

<systemUsage>
            <systemUsage>
                <memoryUsage>
                    <memoryUsage limit="20 mb"/>
                </memoryUsage>
                <storeUsage>
                    <storeUsage limit="1 gb" name="foo"/>
                </storeUsage>
                <tempUsage>
                    <tempUsage limit="100 mb"/>
                </tempUsage>
            </systemUsage>
        </systemUsage>