Tim Tebow's Eye Black Message (Philippians 4:13)

Last December, I blogged about how 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow might very well have been aborted before he was born had not his mother been so committed to her Christian values and staunchly opposed the doctors who were trying to convince her to kill her unborn baby as a means of saving her own life. Her faith won the day and she is still alive after giving birth to a boy in 1987 who would become, arguably, one of the best college football quarterbacks of all time.

Anyone who would doubt this apparently did not watch the SEC Championship Game between #1 ranked Alabama and #4 ranked Florida yesterday. It was a tough fought contest, but Florida prevailed with a final score of 31 to 20. The Gators look as though they will be headed to the National Championship Game.

I watched that game and thoroughly enjoyed it. But, thanks to the technology of Hi-Def televsion, I noticed something for the first time. While most other players wear eye black (that black, greasy stuff they put below their eyes to reduce glare) with things like their team names or their own jersey number or whatnot, Tim Tebow's eye black smears had something much more profound written in them. Together, they read: "PHIL 4:13."

I quickly realized that this was the reference to a Bible verse although I wasn't sure if it was for the book of Philemon or Philippians. I looked it up. Since Philemon is only one chapter, it has to be Phillipians.

Philippians 4:13 reads:

I can do all things through Christ which strengthenth me.

From mother to son, father to son and now out to the world, we know where Tim Tebow's strength comes from.

God bless Pam Tebow for holding her ground, relying on her faith and giving the world Tim.

Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tebow Could Have Been Aborted

So, if you look at all the reasons that the pro-abortion folks give for having abortions, (e.g. economic status, drug/alcohol abuse in the family, family size, etc.) you have to wonder if babies born into those circumstances will just turn out to be failures who leech off of the rest of society. Well, my family fell under the aforementioned circumstances and the pro-abortion crowd would have said that it would have been best if I had been aborted. I don't think so.

I went on to serve in the Marine Corps, earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Maryland and am married and provide a very comfortable living for my wife and family. But the pro-abortion people would still scream that babies like me should have been aborted anyway.

Well, I am not alone. There are thousands, if not millions, of babies like me who the pro-abortionists claim should have been done away with. One of the more well-known is Tim Tebow, the sophomore Florida Gator football player who won the Heisman Trophy. From LifeNews:

University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first sophomore in the history of the NCAA to win the coveted Heisman Trophy as the best football player in the nation. However, Tebow's accomplishments may never have been supported had his mother followed a doctor's recommendation to have an abortion. With 29 passing touchdowns and 22 rushing touchdowns, Tebow displayed the kind of versatility that has become more valued at the quarterback position. Pam Tebow and her husband were Christian missionaries in the Philippines in 1985 and they prayed for "Timmy" before she became pregnant. Unfortunately, as the Gainesville Sun reports, Pam entered into a coma after she contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite found in a contaminated food or drink. The treatment for the medical condition would require strong medications that doctors told Pam had caused irreversible damage to Tim -- so they advised her to have an abortion. As the Sun reported, Pam Tebow refused the abortion and cited her Christian faith as the reason for her hope that her son would be born without the devastating disabilities physicians predicted. Pam ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and, eventually, gave birth to a health baby boy in August 1987. As she told the newspaper, Pam was not surprised that her son would be up for the Heisman despite no underclassman receiving the award since its inception in 1933. "The combination of Timmy's God-given talent, hard work, character and leadership have made a mark on and off the football field," she said. As prominent researcher Joel Brind writes in a new LifeNews.com editorial, doctors are frequently telling women they should consider abortions when confronted with various medical situations affecting their health. Yet, as he notes, physicians can successfully treat both mother and child without suggesting that the baby be killed to spare a mother's life. Because Tim Tebow was spared, he's wowed a nation by his athletic skill and, at his younger age, has an opportunity to become the second person to win two Heisman awards.

You can access the complete article on-line here:

Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tebow Could Have Been A Victim Of Abortion
Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
December 9, 2007