Oh, and one last thing

Oh, and one last thing...

2013 has been interesting. For those of you who know me and my family you can hold witness that we have experienced much...

Great gains in youth ministry
Better physical health (then a slide back into bad habits)
Job upheaval
A great outpouring of love and support from family and friends
God's faithfulness to provide financially
A re-steadying of job/ministry work
An overall deepening of our faith

At the close of the year I find myself reflecting once again on the goodness of God and his miraculous provision. There are many stories of Him coming through at just the right time. As such, we have grown even deeper in our faith in him, we have recommitted ourselves to mirroring his faithfulness in our family and are actively looking for ways to bless others because of the many blessings we've received.

God is good, and the fact that I would ever doubt that after what we've experienced is an indictment on my sinful heart and another testament to his amazing faithfulness! He is not impacted by my faithfulness or lack thereof, he who has made us is faithful. To God be the glory, Amen!

My prayer for "The Fighting Josh Balogh's and for any who read this is that you will allow him to "take you deeper, than your feet could ever wander." That you would, "walk upon the waters wherever he would call me/you." Do it with confidence because "He hasn't failed you, and he won't start now!"

(quotations taken from "Oceans (where feet mail fail) by Hillsong United

Blessings to you and yours!

Josh

2013 Music Favorites

No particular order other than the top 5 but here are albums and songs that I enjoyed during 2013:

Albums:

Jars of Clay - Inland
The Civil Wars - Self Titled
Phil Wickham - The Ascension
Shane & Shane - Bring your nothing
Hillsong United - Zion
Audio Adrenaline - Kings & Queens
Mat Kearney - Young Love (not a 2013 release, but how did I miss it!)
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow
The Digital Age - Evening:Morning
Five Iron Frenzy - Engine of a million plots

Individual Songs I enjoyed:

Oceans (where feet may fail) - Hillsong United
Eavesdrop - The Civil Wars
Starts with me - Tim Timmons
Love in the hard times - Jars of Clay
Lord I need you - Mat Maher
Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Captured - The Digital Age
Royals - Lorde
Thief - Susan Ashton
Sooner or later - Mat Kearney
Love alone is worth the fight - Switchfoot
Electricity - FMLYBND
Battle-dancing unicorns with glitter - Five Iron Frenzy
Collapsible Lung - Relient K
Unashamed of you - Chris August
Pushing back the dark - Josh Wilson
He is with us - Love & the Outcome
The Saints - Andy Mineo
You never need nobody - The Lone Bellow
Roar - Katy Perry
Let her go - Passenger
Though he slay me - Shane & Shane
Kings & Queens - Audio Adrenaline
Made Alive - Citizens

All in all it was a good music year, cheerio 2013!