It\u2019s not hard to be a Christian while everything is going well \u201d\u201d while grace flows all around, while providence sprinkles miracles along the path, while joy abounds and times are good. It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
The quarterback Tim Tebow was always something of a young mystic \u201d\u201d he was David, dancing in the joy of his youth before the Ark of the Lord \u201d\u201d 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\u2019s most vocal and visible Christian: praising the Lord, feeling his presence, and spreading his message.<\/p>\n
Always well-mannered \u201d\u201d \u201cthe politest interview in NFL history,\u201d\u009d Sports Illustrated\u2019s Peter King called him \u201d\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Then came a darker time for him….<\/p>\n