Tebow: Man, Myth, or Just a Dude Who Loves Jesus and Plays Football
So if you’re any type of sports fan than you must know what time it’s been for the last 9 weeks or so, Tebow Time! It’s true Tebow is the man of the year in the sports world. Every week since week 6 of the NFL regular season, each monday has been overwhelmed on someone’s input on Tebow. It’s all you see on Fox Sports or ESPN these days, this has led to cynicism and honestly some hostility by pretty much everyone in life.
Tim Tebow has had some good weeks and some bad weeks. He led the Broncos from a 1-4 record to 7-5 and then making the playoffs. During the good weeks he was teased, scorned, and mocked by many. During the bad weeks, he was teased even more. There were the snarky sports writers who thought his skills to be subpar at best and non-existent at worst. And then there were (sadly) the Church “big heads” (as I like to call them), mocking Tebow, calling him the fourth member of the Trinity, that Tim walked on water, etc. Why make fun of the faith of a brother in Christ?
Tim Tebow is a born-again believer, no doubt about it. Now, I don’t think people have a problem with that, I mean there are tons of Christians who play sports. So why all the hostility? Timmy doesn’t keep his faith to himself, not in the slightest. He is very outspoken about his faith in Jesus Christ. This is why everyone loves to hate on him, just look up Bill Maher’s twitter, or SNL’s take on him two weeks ago.
Everybody has some type of faith, whether it’s faith in God or faith that there is no God. But in our world today no one is supposed to talk about it. You have faith? Good for you, but I don’t want to hear about it. It’s offensive. So when Tim opens his mouth to thank the Lord for a win, or gets down on His knee to pray and bring glory to God for a touchdown, people get a little ticked.
Now, I have come full circle on this subject. I have made fun of Tim Tebow (especially when he played for stupid Florida, see Ace Troubleshooter’s “Silly Minnesota” for more), I have even Tebowed a couple times in front of Tebow fans, including my pastor, ha. But I have always respected the guy’s boldness. Tim’s outspoken faith is an example to many believers who are to scared of opposition to tell the good news.
Today as I read yet another post on Tim Tebow, I found myself thinking I wonder what Tim Tebow thinks about Tim Tebow, I wonder how his family thinks about him. Tim is just a normal dude. Sure we think of Tim Tebow and think of the popular (for better or worse) culture icon, but what is he really like without the lights.
I think Tim Tebow is just a normal dude, a normal dude who loves Christ and plays football. He loves Christ with a huge passion, that is appearant. He plays football pretty well, let’s just say he’s no Tavarius Jackson…sigh. I like Tebow, as a person and a player. He’s fun to watch and encouraging to listen to, this Saturday when he plays against New England I’m going to be wearing my Tebow shirt and cheering for the Broncos. Yeah, they’re probably going to lose, but I like rooting for the underdog, especially when that underdog loves Jesus. That’s my opinion. Take it or leave it. - Dean
Alright, so that title is a little misleading, but I thought it would be a nice starting point to peek your interest. This is the first post I have written in a very long time (shame on me). I have a new part time gig nowdays, working as a sales associate at Staples. It’s a good company from what I can tell, but one thing they make clear is the priority of sales (makes sense). we are taught how to upsell and intrigue the impulse to buy from our customers by talking about the benefits of our sales.
