Welcome Back!

I decided that i would blog again today.

I wish i could make my blogs as cool loking as everyone else but thats not really my strong point.  Someone teach me?

Life is so good! Im on a perminant God buzz at the moment its so good.

Kiaora!

mighty to save

Everyone needs compassion,
Love that's never failing;
Let mercy fall on me.

Everyone needs forgiveness,
The kindness of a Saviour;
The Hope of nations.

Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.

Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave.

So take me as You find me,
All my fears and failures,
Fill my life again.

I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in,
Now I surrender.

  Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.
Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave.

Shine your light and let the whole world see,
We're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus

My Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.
Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave.

Dad

My Dad

On the 2nd June 1962 a hero was born, a man who would change the face of this planet one life at a time. It was on this day that Andrew John Farmer was born, to be honest i dont know a lot about his life until the point where I met him. I got to meet him on the 5th of November 1992 which was a real honour, I think it was something like 330am when we met. This is when God blessed with a role model, a great friend and the number 2 Hero in my life.

Life progress and my relationship with this incredible man began to grow closer.

 He was My Hero

 There were times in my life when I got stuck, before i met God and even after, God used my Dad as my Hero. There was this time when I was really young and this girl started beating me up and my Dad was first on the scene to help me and be me Hero. Another time when I got lost for literally three hours when he was looking after me at a four wheel driving thing, just as I was about to run a way to get back myself, there he was.

He was My Helper

 To be honest sometimes i didn't know the answers, Dad was always the first person I would ask about stuff. Dad knew life, he knew what i should do in situations. Dad once ran half a race with me because I had the stitch, he got owned from it but he wanted to help.

He was My Support

I guess this is pretty self explanatory but, when I needed a shoulder to cry on he was the first person i would go to. He probably invested in some water proof spray for his clothes the amount of times that he let me let it out.

February 25 2009 at 3pmish my Dad, Helper, Support, Hero and so much more passed away. The reason I write this is as a tribute to him, although its a couple of days late it was his birthday just two days ago. Dad not only impacted me but all who he came into contact with, he led an example of how one should live out their relationship with God. He was generous, a man who had charisma and was always there when you needed him. Although he was a Hero, he helped me learn that in my life one thing is more important than all else and that is my relationship with my God, and that all else fails in comparison. 

Happy Birthday Dad, I miss you

What a legend.

This is why I live, For Jesus and for his glory, this is who my Dad lived for, so perfect and so holy, he gave his life for me and i cant help but put this in here. Its for this reason why im still here and why i do all i do.

If life had a remote that would be sweet

Ive been thinking about what life would be like if we could pause. I think if i could pause moments one of them would have to be when my mum is angry, i would pause it and fix what she is angry about. I also think sleep would be something i would pause, so that i could be sleeping at the same time as doing other stuff if it could work that way.

To be honest i think i would actually pause a lot of things just so i could have a sweet sleep. Set up on a sunday is something i would pause for ages so i could sleep in until i feel like waking up. Some messages after set up are very difficult so i think being able to pause them so i could sleep then resuming them after a power nap, just so i can receive the goodness from the Holy Spirit and not have to be in a constant fight with my body and mind.

I feel like this is a momentous thing because i have split what i would usually do in one paragraph into three. Then if life had a rewind moment, i think i would rewind back to some key moments in my life, i would go back to my Dads bed side on February 25 2009 and spend some more time with him. I would rewind back to the day i got saved which i cant remember the date of. I would go back to all the conferences that ive gone to and get touched again. I would probably re wind to some stupid mistakes in my life and beat myself up before i do them.

If life had a fast forward button i would go to the date my brother meets the lord, i would go to the day when church is in the stadium, i think i would probably go and find out who i get married to. I would find out when i die.

I guess its cool to think of being able to do all that but its that uncertainty about the future that makes its so awsome, i dont want to know what date my brother meets the lord, that would either shatter my faith for him now or make me not even believe that he will get saved. I am content just believing that today is the day he will get saved. I wouldnt go and change my past because its those things that ive learnt from that build be into the person i am today.I dont want to know when i die, i just want to live life to the full now. Thats why im glad im not outside of time and God is.

Graeme Swift, im annoyed that you left

I had to say good bye to a great friend and mentor yesterday, i went to the airport at like 3am to see him off, but the night was long.

It all started when a good friend called Juan decided to see thor and buy me a ticket too, great movie! I thoroughly enjoy the fact that he is just the man and can beat people up with his sweet hammer. The  movie ended and it was 1130pm, we decided not to go home because it wouldn't be worth it so we drove to mount vic to look at the lights and gaze at our sweet city. We then went for a drive to all my old houses and then round the bays, we saw penguins, the highlight of my night, i nearly hit some, honestly they are so cool. I often wonder what it would be like to be a penguin, just waddling everywhere living the dream being a gangsta penguin like Mambo from happy feet but also like cody maveric from surfs up. then we went to the airport but it was closed, i ran and my pants ripped. We went to KFC but it was closed, thats why maccas is better. We then went to maccas and ate and then went back to the airport, we met these sweet australian guys. They were cool, Then graeme showed up, i chilled out with him and his mum for like three hours. Then graeme had to leave to go and get married. I cried, it was emotional. Graeme left. Graeme is pretty much the reason why i am still at elevate. I am annoyed that you left graeme, you are an egg.

Dreams, as in when you are asleep dreams, not i have a dream, dreams

Dreams, dreams are so strange. I had one the other week that i stole all of logans beanies so he tried to kill me but luke smith came to my rescue and killed logan with a shoe.

Sometimes i have dreams that im chilling with my Dad, I had one the other day that i was watching a movie with my Dad, it was good.

My favourite dreams i get are me chilling with God in heaven, he is so amazing, i love hanging out with him in my sleep. I had one where i went for a run with God and just talked for hours on end about life and stuff like that, it always amazes me that God always turns up in the way that is best for me.

This is why i like sleep so much, its so entertaining.

I had a dream when the world was a trampoline and we just jumped around, there was no need for food or sleep, just jumping, i was singing this oldschool song the whole time, it was called jumping thumping people, it made it more fun.

And then you get those falling dreams, where you fall off a cliff or something and then wake up real suddenly, those are awsome.

Fire

I was lighting this fire the other because it was cold and thats what i like to do when its cold, and partly because im a secret pyro, as i was doing so i began to think about what fire actually is. In chemistry you generally narrow things down into catagories, liquid, gas or solid. Fire isnt any of those, fire is awsome because like a lot of things it can be used for benefit but also for destruction, thats not what makes it awsome, what makes it awsome is that it is one of the first things people look to to survive out in the wilderness. I also really enjoy looking into fire, its the kind of thing you can look at for ages.

I also thought about why things are they way they are, like when you look t blue you relate it to blue, imagine if blue was the colour of hot. I think that is the reason why is get so cold in the sea, because its a bit blue so i think it will be cold.

Easter

Easter is a strange time, as my little cousins sit in anticipation for the easter eggs that will come tomorrow, as a lot of workers look forward to along weekend. I find it funny how the sense of easter is one that we look forward to what is to come, and yes that is important but at Easter this is the first of two dates in the year that we as a body of people look back in unity and reflect. We back at the most important person to ever walk this earth, we look back at the cross and what it represents. We look back at our Jesus and i for one am filled with hope and joy. As tears well up at what this amazing saviour did for me it gives me the strength and hope to look forward and take strides at my future and at my ambitions. My God is a God who saves.

Why is it that we seem to get caught in selfish thoughts all the time, when did our world become self-centred? I am guilty of this also but why is it that we are like this. The God who lives in me who at this time of Easter gave his life so I might be able to spend eternity with him because he loves me that much. We are called to be Christ like yet we sit back and watch a broken people. I will rise for my God. I am so over joyed at the thought that this Easter one person might come to know God, I am so pumped that someone else may know this God who rescued me out of darkness. There is a song written by hillsong called The Time Has Come, this is a true declaration of our current global state. The time has come for us to take back the true meaning of Easter. I will go. Im so pumped to serve my God in anyway and know that i have done all i can to see his glory fall.

Amazing Grace

This thing called life often seems to get the better of me, its quite strange really, when you think about it, how often we get caught up in our own little world, consumed by selfish desires and things that hinder us from moving forward into the things of God. I find it funny how often i get annoyed at the fact that things dont seem to be going the way i want them to be, i guess thats because they arent going the way i want them to be, they're going the way God wants them to be going.

I thoroughly enjoy life at the moment, everything is going well, the dragon slayer is dominating it. I have a job but dont know when i start, i honestly just cant wait to start working.

This year is going so fast, it has been the greatest but most frustrating year of my life so far, just waiting the majority of the year to find a job, which sucks, i will have no income for at least a week, which means i have very little money to last the next few weeks, i feel like luke smith.

Not sure why i called this amazing grace, it was probably going to be another one of those last couple of flavems.

He called my name

I was a restless wanderer, trying to find my place in life. As i ran the race called life trying to get first place, i stumbled and fell into the chasm called sin. I fell into a darkness, and began to doubt the fact the i had purpose. All hope was drained from me, i was empty, broken and defeated. As i was about to give up and throw in the towel, I heard a whisper. A very faint whisper, saying my name. Hope started to come back, i felt like i could make it. The whisper came again, another step out of the chasm. The voice came again but this time it wasnt a whisper. Another step out of the chasm, now i was running, running with purpose, a purpose to get to the voice, to know him. Each step i took it felt like i was getting lighter, each step i took i felt like i was getting set free. The chains of the chasm could no longer hold me. I knew the voice now, it was the voice of hope, the voice of peace and the voice of freedom. A voice when spoken the earth shakes and the mountains tremble and oceans roar. The voice belonged to my hope and my strength. My mighty saviour and deliverer. The voice belonged to Jesus. 

A warrior

I am part of a warrior race rising up for the glory of a saviour. I will be the change i wish to see. A generation will be changed by the power of the cross. I am in a battle that has already been won by the power of the cross, through the sacrifice Jesus made. Some people choose to sit back and enjoy the sinful nature of life, its for this reason i can no longer sit back and watch as a generation misses out on the freedom, the beauty, and on the victory that is received through a relationship with God. Its for this reason i choose to get out on the front line. I can not sit back any longer, i must go!

Life

I am currently living the dream! I cant find a job and have zero dollars but i couldnt imagine anything better.
Jesus is amazing, honestly i dont know where i would be without him, he wears the scars for my freedom.

Mark 12v28-29
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments which is the most important?"
"the most important one" answered Jesus "is this: Hear O Israel,  the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is like the first: Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.

This is why I do what I do, for the love of God and the love of people. I am so challenged by this verse, everything I do should be for the love of God and people. Looking at each of the people around me I am amazed at how awsome they are. I honestly love these people so much. Its so easy to get caught up in being all about myself, but if its about me then ive missed the point. "So the last will be first and the first will be last"
I guess I so often get caught in the trap of trying to build myself up but, what good is that, if there is broken people, hurting people, people who need that little bit of hope to get them through. It breaks my heart that there are still broken people in this world. But to see these lives get transformed, the broken healed, it just makes it all worth it. I am in awe of how great God is.

Loving life!

the rabid mongoose

Well its been a while since i last blogged and a lot has gone on, i got destroyed at youth camp by Jesus. I sort of now realise how small and insignificant i am but im still so amazed by how much God loves me and how carefully he knit me together in my mothers womb, planned my life out and how much he thinks about me. Its actually amazing, i guess for me at the moment thats all i need, is to know that my God loves and cares so much about me and that he has my back.I guess this is why i love the valley so much ha ha