Son of God, Husband, Father, Worship GuyTumblr (3.0; @timgabbard)http://timgabbard.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l812t9zots1qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l812t9zots1qzsoj3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l812t9zots1qzsoj3o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l812t9zots1qzsoj3o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l812t9zots1qzsoj3o7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l812t9zots1qzsoj3o8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l812t9zots1qzsoj3o9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Rockstar Birthday! </p> <p>Kaden turned 6 last Saturday so we threw a huge party. Some would say it was over the top, but that’s how I live!</p> <p>My dad and I built a stage and got a sound system and rock the backyard, it was so loud we rocked the entire neighborhood! I was so proud!</p> <p>A few months ago Kaden told me he wrote a song called “Spider Life”. I said that was cool, then he sang it for me. I recorded it using Garage Band and 5 original songs later he has his own CD out. Yes he wrote 5 songs and I recorded them and we now have a CD of his own music. It rocks.</p> <p>Here’s just a few pictures from his party. More to come!</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/1043288602http://timgabbard.com/post/1043288602Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:48:00 -0500“Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.”<br/><br/> - <em>Victor Hugo</em>http://timgabbard.com/post/866300220http://timgabbard.com/post/866300220Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:04:43 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3e96aCQHr1qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>30…</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/656937844http://timgabbard.com/post/656937844Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:46:58 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11934800&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11934800&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11934800&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>My Day Yesterday.</p> <p>Short clips of my day, no music overlay and no edits.</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/620245275http://timgabbard.com/post/620245275Fri, 21 May 2010 17:31:06 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2klwnqPTl1qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>8 Years…</p> <p>Wow, time has flown by. 8 years, 2 boys, 3 jobs, 3 cities, many different addresses.</p> <p>The journey has been filled with joy, laughter, pain, tough times, challenging times, rewarding times, and we are still standing together hand in hand. </p> <p>I am a better man because of you, your <i>love</i>, your <i>kindness</i>. </p> <p>Thank you Lord for your blessing and the special gift you have given me. </p> <p>May I honor you in our marriage.</p> <p>Love You Amy!</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/607163779http://timgabbard.com/post/607163779Mon, 17 May 2010 10:33:59 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1l6okDoq11qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Happy Birthday Amy!</b><i></i></p> <p><br/> I hope you have a great day today! You are a wonderful mother, loving and supportive wife, and a faithful friend! </p> <p>God has given us many years together, so many memories, good times, and a few hard times. Thank you for always being there for our family, and for loving us and providing for us.</p> <p>I hope through the special things the boys and I do for you over the next few days you will feel as special as you are to us!</p> <p>Love you Amy!</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/555790072http://timgabbard.com/post/555790072Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:30:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0krkrYnRb1qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Birthday Momma!</p> <p><br/> Today we celebrate my moms birthday. She deserves the grandest party with the most special people in attendance. One of many things that makes my mom special is she has always made a huge deal of my birthdays. On her blog she will dig up the oldest pictures and post them. She even has posted a picture of me in my whitey tighteys…</p> <p>She pulls out all the stops, she calls and sings to me, she makes me a “birthday chair”, the cake, the presents, the good food! She knows how to make everyone feel special.</p> <p>I grabbed a few pictures that I had and made this one picture. In it you will see her and dad with kids and grandkids. Each picture tells of a special time in our lives shared with a special woman, mom.</p> <p>Mom, you have always made sure I was taken care for, loved, and encouraged. Your love has made me who I am today. </p> <p>Happy Birthday Momma!</p> <p><br/><b><br/> “Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her; There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, BUT YOU SURPASS THEM ALL!” Proverbs 31:28-29<br/></b></p>http://timgabbard.com/post/506405005http://timgabbard.com/post/506405005Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:29:14 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10665228&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10665228&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10665228&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Egg Hunt 2010</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/496682909http://timgabbard.com/post/496682909Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:06:21 -0500<p>As a Pastor and leader, I am always trying to live in a open place where I can hear from God. I have this weird feeling often that it’s my place to help confirm and instruct others in what God is speaking…I know that sounds like a load of ….</p> <p>Recently God has been speaking really loud in a few areas of my life. My first thought was to write these things down in my moleskin and to be ready to share it with someone in my life. God has spoken to me for me to share it with someone else, <i>they</i><b></b> needed to hear it.</p> <p>I can not tell you how many times I have been in services when the speaker has said that God has spoken to them to then share it with others. I do agree that God does give insight in His Word and the Holy Spirit will lead us to share that insight with others. There is a fine line between God giving me revelation for me and God giving me revelation for others. I am trying to learn that difference. </p> <p>The purpose of the Holy Spirit is to bring glory to Christ, but also to convict us of sin. I have found that people don’t like talking about conviction of sin…</p> <p>I have such a long way to go…but here’s a thought that I can’t shake off:</p> <p><b>The Holy Spirit will convict me and grow me in my weakness, that is not for others, that is for me. </b><i></i></p>http://timgabbard.com/post/484319543http://timgabbard.com/post/484319543Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:59:26 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0265hM19q1qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bracketology is not a subject I studied in college…I started bleeding red on the first round.</p> <p>Oh yea, fun fact for you…my <a href="http://agabbard.blogspot.com/">wife</a> beat me again…</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/482261587http://timgabbard.com/post/482261587Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:29:00 -0500<p>Just to help explain the title, I copied this from Amy’s blog (agabbard.blogspot.com).</p> <p><br/><i>It has been a tough couple of weeks.</i></p> <p><i>For about a year now I have had a lot of neck pain and a stiff neck off and on. I just thought it was because I carried around a 30 pound child or was sleeping wrong. My self diagnosis made sense to me. Around August right after we moved I started having weird symptoms with numbness, tingling, and burning on the left side of my head, around my neck and down my arm along with more neck problems. I went to the doctor after a few days and was told it was stress from moving and all the changes in my life that just happened.</i> <i>From August till a few weeks ago I just tried to ignore it and hoped it would go away since it was suppose to be stress. Tim encouraged me to see another doctor so I made the appointment. My new doctor was very concerned about my symptoms using the words cancer and tumor. I had some xrays and my doctor said she didn’t like what she saw on them and used the words cancer and tumor again and scheduled a mri of my brain and c-spine and sent home to wait. I had my MRI on Monday. It was my first MRI and a very strange experience. After I was finished the tech said you should hear from your doctor in 24-48 hours. It was a tough wait. I got a call this afternoon that I am cancer free and tumor free. I was diagnosed with DDD Degenerative Disk Disease. The disk in my spine showed degeneration which is causing problems and damage to my nerves. I am being referred to a Orthopedic Surgeon for injections in my spine. I was so relieved I didn’t have a tumor or cancer I got off the phone to tell Tim and then had a ton of questions. I am so relieved but also have a ton of questions.</i></p> <p>The last few days have been in slow motion. We have moved into a new house, and have been through a range of emotions about Amy’s health. </p> <p>Things have changed so much since one phone call.</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/455095159http://timgabbard.com/post/455095159Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:12:42 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxt63sZq01qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was given 2 tickets to the Dallas Stars game last week. Now my wife has gone to several Stars game a few years back and she knows Hockey better than I do. After some discussion we decide that Kaden and I would go. Now we went on a school night and he was already tired from the week, but we went anyways.</p> <p>When I was a kid my dad took me to a few baseball games. I still remember how fun that was and how we would always share peanuts. So Kaden and me shared a bag of peanuts and a drink. </p> <p>We laughed, told each other stories, <i>cheered with there was a fight</i>, <b>(Later talked about how fighting at school is not good)</b>, booed when the other team scored. It was so much fun.</p> <p>Even though life is flying by, I am so thankful for a special night with my son Kaden!</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/435336732http://timgabbard.com/post/435336732Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:00:00 -0600“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”<br/><br/> - <em>David Starr</em>http://timgabbard.com/post/426600568http://timgabbard.com/post/426600568Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:42:34 -0600<p><i>Do you bring everything to the table everyday? </i></p> <p><i>Are you driven to be better every moment?</i> </p> <p><i>Have you settled today? </i></p> <p><i>Have you said the words <b>“it’s ok, lets just get it done”</b> today?</i><br/></p> <p>These are just a few questions that haunt me. I wrote these down about a year ago in my moleskin and I am drawn to them now more than ever.</p> <p>God places us in situations and places to see what we are made of. Now I don’t have a scripture I am basing the thought on, its just real life for me.</p> <p>Don’t just settle in life, give everything you have to what God has called you to…Ministry, working your job, your family, your friendships…</p> <p>Bring It!</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/370610843http://timgabbard.com/post/370610843Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:32:14 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx0z9nvtJz1qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Christmas 2009</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/360193878http://timgabbard.com/post/360193878Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx0xs1ot2n1qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Music that moves me.</p> <p>First let me say that these cds move me because they are written by guys like me, <i>worship leaders</i><b></b> at churches. They have written songs that speak to where their churches are and what they have experienced. <br/><i><br/> Thats what I’m all about!</i><b></b></p> <p><br/> I don’t want to just write songs to write them, I want to express in words and music what God is doing among the people he has called me to ministry to!</p> <p>Check out Elevation’s CD titled <i>God With Us.</i> Amazing songs like “Let Your Kingdom Reign”, “Never Given Up”, & “The Broken & The Tired”.</p> <p>North Point’s Live CD titled <i>Awake</i>. Songs with guts like “Glory To God, Forever”, “We Crown You”, & “Forever Changed”.</p> <p>Simple songs with amazing true lyrics.</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/360036730http://timgabbard.com/post/360036730Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:50:25 -0600“People at the top don’t work harder than you. They work MUCH MUCH harder.”<br/><br/> - <em>Malcolm Gladwell</em>http://timgabbard.com/post/356749588http://timgabbard.com/post/356749588Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:39:25 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwxg4gDFdI1qzsoj3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>WOW!</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/356744997http://timgabbard.com/post/356744997Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:36:16 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwgsbjO0fX1qzsoj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwgsbjO0fX1qzsoj3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwgsbjO0fX1qzsoj3o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwgsbjO0fX1qzsoj3o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Help anyway you can. Pray, cry, be moved to action.</p> <p>Text HAITI to 90999 to give to the Red Cross.</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/341588203http://timgabbard.com/post/341588203Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:40:31 -0600<p>So I have accepted the spiritual challenge to read the New Testament thru in 30 days. </p> <p><br/> Yea</p> <p><br/> See I need more discipline in my life, be real, you do to. So I am start huge! I like to go big when it comes to challenging myself! </p> <p>SO I heard about newthru30.com and I knew it was for me. So a week later and I’m still on track! It is so interesting how often the things I have read and thought over now are needed in random conversations I’ve had, at Starbucks…</p> <p><br/> What changes have you made with the new year if any?</p>http://timgabbard.com/post/332524292http://timgabbard.com/post/332524292Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0600