Tebow using God... or God using Tebow?

Looking over facebook, twitter, news and blogs there seems to be a trend in topics. Will Denver, and their praying Saint QB, defeat one of the best QB's in the league? Will God give Tebow the victory? Does God care about football? My word on the subject...  Maybe.

Among the many discussions you find the ever popular "good vs evil" argument. According to http://tantalizingworldtrends.com/2011/11/lady-catches-robbers-in-home-via-cctv.html this CBS report. The Patriots have recruited one of Denver's coaches to work for them recently. Some people may see this as a breach in ethics at the least, or maybe they see cheating at it's ugliest. Well, surely God will give Tim the victory over THIS?! Unfortunately, life doesn't always work that way. God has given us free will, and with that we make choices that allow evil to thrive, but know that in the end, "All things work together for good to those who love God..." Romans 8:28. That doesn't mean that God will cause the Patriots to lose the game, but it means that He will find a way to bring Glory to His name through His children like Tim.

Philippians 4:13 tells me that "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." The same book tells me in the 1st chapter that "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it." Does that mean that God will see Tebow all the way through the Superbowl? I don't think Paul had considered football when writing the Philippians. I'm guessing Paul was taking about their ministry. Not a Bible scholar, I don't want to lead anyone down the wrong road, so I encourage one to read it for oneself.

As Christians we must remember that while championships and trophies are fun and feel good in that moment, these earthy tokens are nothing when we consider what is waiting for us. God has indeed begun a good work in Tim Tebow, and it has nothing to do with football... outside of the fact that the NCAA and NFL have given him platform for which to spread His message. I believe that when all is said and done, Tebow fever has long since faded away and people have moved on to the next big thing, when Tim's earthly life is over and he meets his Heavenly Father, he will be able to say, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." In turn the Good Lord will say to Tebow, "Well done, good and faithful servant."

Remember... if we all try to live and love like Jesus, we will either change the world for the better, or get ourselves crucified. Either way, we would be in a much better situation.

God Bless... even the Patriots
 

I stand with them, because they stand FOR me. Semper Fi

I must admit that I took the following quote from facebook, and I personally have not verified these words. That said, I would like to tell you that I agree with the words said even if they were not those of Rep Allen West. The incident to which he is referring is the current circulating pictures of US Marines urinating on dead Taliban soldiers. 

Rep. Allen West on the Marines Incident: "I have sat back and assessed the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers, Shugart and Gordon, had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. 
"Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah. All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. 
"Does anyone remember the two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq? 
"The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps. It should be videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter. 
"As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell."
As General George Patton noted in 1944, "I hope the Lord has mercy on our enemies, because I won't."




Personally, I would like to add only this... GOD BLESS OUR MARINES, for they, and the other US Military branches, are the reason I sleep in peace at night without fear for my family and community.