It’s not hard to be a Christian while everything is going well ”” while grace flows all around, while providence sprinkles miracles along the path, while joy abounds and times are good. It’s easy to praise the Lord and feel his presence, to do his work, when you stand in the bright sunlight. But eventually the night cometh, the darkness and the shadows, when faith is more difficult and no man can work.
The quarterback Tim Tebow was always something of a young mystic ”” he was David, dancing in the joy of his youth before the Ark of the Lord ”” and amid all the hoopla of the overtime victories and sudden triumphs to which he led the Denver Broncos last season, he found himself professional football’s most vocal and visible Christian: praising the Lord, feeling his presence, and spreading his message.
Always well-mannered ”” “the politest interview in NFL history,” Sports Illustrated’s Peter King called him ”” he expressed nothing but confidence in his teammates and his coaches, nothing but a manifest belief in the hoariest of cliches about hard work and sportsmanship and inspiration, nothing but alleluias for the Lord who had so blessed him.
Then came a darker time for him….
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Joseph Bottum–Tim Tebow’s faith helps him adjust to a tough season
It’s not hard to be a Christian while everything is going well ”” while grace flows all around, while providence sprinkles miracles along the path, while joy abounds and times are good. It’s easy to praise the Lord and feel his presence, to do his work, when you stand in the bright sunlight. But eventually the night cometh, the darkness and the shadows, when faith is more difficult and no man can work.
The quarterback Tim Tebow was always something of a young mystic ”” he was David, dancing in the joy of his youth before the Ark of the Lord ”” and amid all the hoopla of the overtime victories and sudden triumphs to which he led the Denver Broncos last season, he found himself professional football’s most vocal and visible Christian: praising the Lord, feeling his presence, and spreading his message.
Always well-mannered ”” “the politest interview in NFL history,” Sports Illustrated’s Peter King called him ”” he expressed nothing but confidence in his teammates and his coaches, nothing but a manifest belief in the hoariest of cliches about hard work and sportsmanship and inspiration, nothing but alleluias for the Lord who had so blessed him.
Then came a darker time for him….
Read it all.