WOW!!!! Great story!!
Wow, they actually ADVISED her to have an abortion? I know doctors offer that up as an option when the possibility of birth defects is real but to advise her to do so? Hm.
Congratulations to Tim Tebow and his family. From all I have read they seem to be the genuine article. Tim was home-schooled, he's worked in his parents' mission, and his sister is a missionary in Bangladesh. Nowhere else but America baby!
My pregnant wife is in tears over this story. Words fail me. Praise the Lord.
Tim Tebow is the real deal. As a Florida fan, we heard so much hype about him when he played high school football and it just didn’t seem real or possible. But the young man has far exceeded anyone’s expectations.
He was told from a young age that he was a miracle baby and he’s seemed to have lived his life with that in mind.
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Tim Tebow on his involvement with Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA):
#15 Tim Tebow
University of Florida
Height: 6-3 Weight: 235
Year: So. Hometown: Jacksonville, Fla.
Trivia: Earned Freshman All-SEC honors after leading the Gators to a BCS National Championship in 2006.
Impact Verse: Psalm 18
Tim Tebow on…
...FCA: “FCA helps you minister to people. Sometimes if you are sharing with someone and you ask them to go to church with you, they might say no, but if you say you are going to FCA, that could be easier and less threatening for them. Plus, I like not having to wait from Sunday to Sunday for church—I can get that spiritual impact on a Wednesday or a Thursday night.” …what makes a good leader: “Knowing your responsibility and working as hard as you possibly can—harder than anybody else. Let everybody see that. And then know everyone else’s responsibility and encourage them in it.”
…learning humility: “When I was very young and in T-ball, my parents would never let me tell anyone how many home runs I’d hit. At that age, I wanted to be like, ‘I just hit three home runs!’ But I wasn’t allowed to say that until the other person asked me. Then, when I was older, I learned that God blessed me with athletic ability and that He can take it away in an instant. I’m thankful for it. Just because I play football doesn’t make me more special than anyone else.”
…football as a ministry: “I think anything can be a ministry, especially football when you have a platform. You have 100 guys in the locker room with you every day. But more importantly than that, you have 1,000 kids looking up to you and even more people all across the country. You have the opportunity and the platform, and to not take advantage of that would be a big mistake.”
…what he wants others to take away from watching you on the field: “First, that I am not out there playing for myself. I love the game but I am playing for the Lord Jesus Christ. I am going out there, loving the game and giving everything I’ve got, and hopefully they can see through me the love of Christ.”
…how Christ’s example plays a role in how he leads his team: “Christ was the best leader; so you can learn everything about leadership from Him, seeing how He died on the cross and applying it to your life in every aspect. Also, not just in leadership, but how you interact with people. Teammates don’t just see you as someone who is getting on them, but as someone who loves and cares about them on and off the field.”
You never know what potential great minds, great sport stars, doctors, soldiers, leaders, etc., have been aborted. You gotta figure hundreds of thousands of outstanding minds have been aborted in the USA’s 40 million plus aborted children.
What a great story! And Congrats to Tibow on the trophy!
Excellent decision and excellent result. However, I do lean a little toward abortion every time I see Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy and other Democrat leaders.
This is one greatest stories ever.
God bless his mother. God bless her son.
HERE IS TIM TEBOW’S HERO. He met Danny and got his autograph when he was 8. They have done speaking engagements together.
Danny Wuerffel: The Quarterback with a Servant’s Heart
The 700 Club
CBN.com – THE QUARTERBACK WITH THE MIDAS TOUCH
Known as the quarterback with the Midas touch, Danny Wuerffel received the highest honor bestowed on any college football player in 1996—The Heisman Trophy. He holds no less than 32 National, Conference and School Records and maintains a legendary status as one of the greatest college football players ever to play the game.
As well as his athleticism, Wuerffel maintained high academic standards and was celebrated for his personal integrity. But with all of his fame and success, Danny has used his position to give back in all the communities that he has lived and played in as a football player. And his dedication to his faith in Jesus Christ is what has anchored his life.
In 1997, Wuerffel was drafted by the New Orleans Saints. In spite of his outstanding achievements and the national attention he received as a result, Wuerffel seemed unfazed by his success. “You know, the world just pounds the message into your brain that if you make enough money and if you’re successful in your field, that’s all you need. But you can ask just about anybody who’s been successful—somehow there always seems to be a longing for something more. I believe we were made to find fulfillment in our relationship with God,” he explains. “When we look for it in other places, we come up empty.”
Wuerffel got a head start in his search. “I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home. My father is a chaplain in the air force and my mother has always been active in the church. From the time I was very little, I didn’t question God’s existence, because we talked to Him every time we ate a meal. He was a very real part of our lives. So as I grew up and went into high school and then college, the question was not ‘Does God exist?’, but ‘To what extent?’ What part does He play in my life? What does He want from me? What is my relationship with Him supposed to be like? Those were the questions I wrestled with.” In college, out on his own for the first time, Danny began to take a good hard look at his faith. He started studying the Bible for himself and searching for answers to his questions. “From all different angles, God was really drawing me to himself and saying, ‘This is the time to get serious!’” Wuerffel recalls. “The biggest change was my understanding of myself in relationship to God. The more I understood how awesome God is, the more I realized how wretched I was. It’s a humbling experience to realize what your own nature is, to look at yourself and see selfishness and pride and the attitude that you can just do your own thing. Sometimes it was at subtle levels. Other people might not have noticed it, but I could see it.”
While everyone around him was awed by his talent and promise, Danny realized his need for a Savior and decided to surrender his life completely to Jesus Christ. A decision that changed his life forever. No matter what happened in his career — whether he won the Superbowl or sat on the bench — he determined to live his life to bring honor to God. “There’s a verse in Proverbs 3:5-6 that says ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.’ My desire is to acknowledge Him in all my ways — in my marriage, in my family, in football— in whatever I’m doing!” he exclaims.
In February 2004, Danny decided to retire from professional football to work in New Orleans with Desire Street Ministries, dedicated to one of America’s toughest and poorest neighborhoods. “It’s difficult to say goodbye to a dream,” he told the press. “At the same time, I’m thankful that I’m not leaving because I have to.” His wife Jessica admits that since Danny retired from football and joined the ministry, she doesn’t miss the crowds and fans that came with his fame. Danny is also a popular speaker, sharing how his experiences playing football have helped shape his life.
DEVASTATED BY KATRINA
Located in the heart of New Orleans, Danny’s home and ministry, Desire Street Ministries, were completely destroyed by the hurricane. They were forced to relocate to Niceville, Florida where they are up and running a boarding school. Many of the children they worked with in New Orleans are finding their way to the school, now their home. They also have staff on-site at the facility in New Orleans working on cleaning and renovating the facility. “As I reflect on the past six weeks and look again at the flooded images of the ministry facility and my home, I’m once again faced with the reality of the devastation of this storm. And yet in the midst of all these images, through God’s grace, I’ve found my eyes “fixed” on something different,” Wuerffel says. “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 “In the past, that verse often encouraged me to not worry about throwing an interception or losing a football game. How trivial that seems now. God is doing a new thing as a result of this storm…a big thing. I’m not sure exactly what it is or what it’s going to look like in the end, but I’m certain he’s doing something significant. Sometimes, though, it’s just hard to see it while it’s happening.”
Through the storm and its aftermath, God continues to do incredible things. “It hasn’t been an easy six weeks, but I’ve personally seen God triumph over every major obstacle, one after another, and my personal journey of faith has never been more vibrant,” Danny proclaims.
Wonderful story and congratulations to Tim on receiving the Heisman Trophy.
Praise God for Tim Tebow and his courageous mother.
WOW.
This happened to a liberal friend of mine: she had a condition, discovered at about 3 months pregnant, that would need surgery to prevent the terrible pain she’d suffer if she stayed pregnant. She chose, out of fear of the horrible pain the doctors “promised her,” to abort. She never did have the surgery because the condition resolved on its own a few weeks later and she had no more pain. Also no more baby.
Horrible what doctors do sometimes in these situations.
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How many others, die needlessly in the womb? Our God is so great that He probably gave Mankind an infant capable of growing up and curing cancer and other deadly diseases.
Could it be those infants whose mothers are challenged during pregnancy are the ones with “a special gift”